Types of Box Sash Windows

Box sash windows are made from a variety of different kinds of softwoods or hardwoods. Some woods that are used to manufacture these types are Mahogany, Pine, American White Oak, and the European Redwood. The timber used to make these kinds of glass need to be vacuum pressure treated with different kinds of preservatives in addition to wax resins for the best kind of protection. When people want to buy this kind of window, it is advised that the wooden windows be treated with an insecticide or a fungicide.

This treatment will prevent any damage to the different types by different insects that bore into the wood or by fungus that rot it. It is not uncommon for windows made from vacuum pressure treated softwood to have window sills made of hardwood for added strength.

The classical Georgian box sash glass would have six glass panes in every section of the sliding sash window. All in all, this results to a window with a grand total of four glass panes down by three glass panes across. This arrangement of the glass panes is not a fixed configuration and there are sashes available in a lot of various styles and designs. Surely, there would be a design to suit a particular property. In the Victorian era, a lot of houses and buildings had bay windows that were fitted with these kinds of windows in addition to other Victorian windows like Queen Anne or Oriel windows.

Nowadays, these windows are available in a variety of materials and finishes. There are different kinds of colors too.