Imagine this: You’re taking one of your wood double-hung window sashes out of its frame when suddenly and violently, the spring-loaded balance releases and snaps up into the vinyl jamb liner ...

The Siteline (C) clad wood double-hung sash kit from Jeld-Wen pack includes a lower and upper sash, finishing jamb liners and all other pieces needed to replace a window using the existing frame.

These windows, original to my early 1980s house, are double-hung and framed in wood, with vinyl on the frame and a string-type mechanism. I cannot find any identifying marks.

Q: I live in a 1980 rancher with original wood, non-tilt, double-hung windows. I was raising the lower sash to let in fresh air when I heard a loud noise, like a metal spring breaking, and the ...

Consider the historic double-hung window: two sashes glide effortlessly up and down, counterbalanced by iron weights attached to ropes strung through pulleys –– all hidden within walls.