Window Resource List

Echo Park Historical Society

(Updated August, 2006)

 

Recommended Reading

 

Working Windows                                                         Renovation, A Complete Guide

Terence Meany                                                            Michael Litchfield

ISBN #155821707X                                                 ISBN #0806997753

 

Renovating Old Houses                                         Save Your Wood Windows

George Nash                                                                Practical Restoration Reports

ISBN #1561581283                                                  John Leeke

                                                                                    www.historichomeworks.com

 

Sources & Suppliers

 

Abatron                                  “LiquidWood” wood consolidant

Kenosha, WI                            “WoodEpox” wood patching epoxy

www.abatron.com

 

Architectural Detail                   Salvage windows, hardware, weights            

Pasadena                                  New sash cord

(626) 844-6670

 

Baller Hardware                           “Window zippers”, parting bead, wax, locks & lifts,

Silver Lake, L.A.                 New sash cord

(323) 668-7420

 

Clouston Sash & Door            Sash & door manufacturer

West Adams, L.A.

(323) 463-6926

 

Colony Wood Screens            Wood window screens

Anaheim

(714) 778-1277

 

Crown City Hardware               New weights, locks, pulleys, lifts

Pasadena

(626) 794-1188

 

Eagle Rock Lumber                       Parting bead, trim

Eagle Rock, L.A.                 Wood window screen dealer

(323) 255-1451

The Glass House              Glass cutting & installation

Pasadena                                  “Restoration” glass, reputty

(626) 796-2121

 

Glendale Mill                         Sash & door manufacturer

Atwater, L.A.

(323) 245-3725

 

J & J Trading Post                 Sash & door manufacturer

Echo Park, L.A.                 New sash & complete windows

(213) 250-9961

 

Ok Manufacturing                      Sash & door dealer

Echo Park, L.A.                 New sash & complete windows

(213) 413-6844

 

Reliable Do It Center               Parting bead, wax, locks

Echo Park, L.A.                 Glass cutting & installation

(213) 250-3970                Sash & door dealer

 

Santa Fe Wrecking                    Salvage windows, sash, weights

Downtown L.A.

(213) 623-3119

 

Silverlake Yards                     Salvage windows, hardware & weights

Silver Lake, L.A.

(323) 667-2875

 

Starlite Screen & Glass   Glass cutting & installation

Highland Park, L.A.                 “Restoration” glass, reputty

(323) 257-4435

 

Taylor Brothers                           Sash & Door dealer                 

Silver Lake, L.A.                 New sash, hardware & complete windows          

(323) 805-0200

 

Virgil’s Hardware                          Sash cord, new locks & lifts, wax,

Glendale                                   “window zippers”

(818) 242--1104

 

Wm. A. Kilian Hardware Co.

Philadelphia, PA

            www.sashlock.com                 Locks

www.springlebronze.com       Bronze weatherstripping

www.sashchain.com                Chain

www.sashweight.com              Weights