How to remove, replace and glaze single pane windows 

25 years as a window cleaner and I can safely say you did a great job. Keep up the great work, and love all the videos.

Wow, all I can say is I would be so proud if your were my daughter, for someone so young to know how to install a window pain it's a dying art and very few people of my age know how to do it, amazing 👏

A small tip that always worked for me: Have a damp cloth and wipe the putty knife with it and then you won't get as much drag causing the glaze to pull where you have to go back and clean it up over and over again. Great job love your videos.

Nice job on the window glazing. Nothing more satisfying than seeing the final results. Those windows didn't need to be energy efficient, in the summer you installed the screens and the winter you installed the storm windows.

Awesome Sam. Great to see you trying so many different types of work.

I have built everything related to homes and done repairs on every aspect and this is a new one love the educational vids good stuff

We were taught to always run a bead of putty round the frame before fitting the glass to even out the surface and help prevent the possibility of cracking the new glass..

I am a hold men , in France, and i found that your work is perfect! Congratulations!

Use a little heat on the old putty and it will soften and remove easer, I'm a retired painter done it many of times😊

learning as you go, doing the best you can, making sure it looks good, great way to grow your skills! great job.

Good job Sam! Most people wouldn’t have a clue as to how to glaze a window. Keep up the good work! Thanks for sharing!

I’ve always run a bead of putty round the frame before fitting the glass.

Sam, I’m glad to see you caring on a dying breed. Awesome job.

I have done restoration work on many old Victorian home with single pane widows. For a lasting job and to prevent the glazing from cracking, Prime the bare wood in the frame. You can use an artist brush and just paint the inside of the frame, that way the glaze will cover the primer. Also roll your glaze into a long snake and place in the frame,

I redid the glazing in my son's room before he was born. Redid all the finishes in his room. Stripped both windows and re-glazed, ugh. Re-did the trim, and repainted them and the entire room. I remember stripping the windows on the back patio in a plastic tent I created with two halogen worklights providing light and warmth! It was February in the metro dc area and in the low 30's . Froze my butt off and the stripper took 3 or 4 hours to work. It turned out great and looked awesome....but that was about 36-40 hours of work!! Great video!

I watch all your postings. You are one hard working young lady and certainly deserve all the good/great things headed your way. I wish you the very best.

I've been there done that! 69 years young. You are correct. Anyone can do it! Have a beautiful day. Thanks for sharing! 😊

Thank you Samantha. Replacing glass is such a pane😂😂😂❤.

Girl you are so handy it's great to see you work 👍😁.

Just watched your vid. I would recomend some PPE, at least safety glassed when working with glass and especially when it is right at eye height. Take if from an old guy, protect what you have when you are young. You will thank yourself many years later. Keep up the good work...

Good job Samantha, there really is no need to say your not an expert etc. You are more than capable. Kudos for your honest commentary. 👍

A dying Art, Not many people even know of this. Please keep sharing your projects, you are Amazing! I look forward to your Posts.

Good work young lady. Your work ethic is impeccable. Keep it going......

Awesome job Sam.😊

Other than your glazing compound is a bit dried out, you did an admirable job Samantha. Hint, a touch of mineral oil will reconstitute the dry compound if it's the oil variety 😊

You did well, it looks really good Sam. You are too much of a perfectionist, I don't see how they could be any better! Trouble is when you start, you want to do the rest of them and sand the frame and repaint, it is very time consuming though. Well done 😊

great video samantha

your sister and lena building a snowman was the funniest thing ive seen🥰

Another good job!

Nice job Samantha my old house came with shutters and I wish I still had them I don't like looking at these fake ones let you know don't fit the windows and they always put them wrong side out keep up the good work

Glazing is one of those skills that is easy to learn and hard to master. I think the key is having a putty knife with just the right amount of stiffness. So in the past I've chopped off and ground down to a shorter length until it's just the right stiffness. But then it still takes a lot of work to be able get the glazing compound perfectly smooth. It also helps if your glazing compound is not all dried out. Sometimes you have to add some linseed oil if it's too stiff.

Nice work on there and a happy new year as well. Keep up the cool vid's.

Vary cool never seen it done b4 always like watching your videos your vary talented Sam keep up the good work

Glazing a window is a very tough job to do well. And expensive to have it done by a pro. Those windows need to have all that old paint torched off . Cheaper in the end to put in a vinyl window. And more energy efficient .You've done a pretty good job .

First of all, thank you for using real glazing compound. I keep seeing videos where people use the spray can glazing. The problem with this stuff is that it shrinks so much that a fine looking job will look horrible in six months. My experience for what its worth is the best way to make this (or pretty much any other home repair job) job easier is to never use DAP products. The UGL glazing product is a bit more expensive, but requires less kneading and draws better with the putty knife, particularly at lower temperatures. The tearing along the cut line that you experienced on the first window almost never happens with UGL. It is just easier to work with. The bad news is that UGL pretty much requires you prime the window first before applying. For what its worth, DAP 33 glazing putty is basically Chalk and Linseed Oil. UGL glazing putty is basically Gilsonite and Chalk. I am not aware of any product that DAP makes for which there is not a superior product on the market, usually on the shelf right next to it. They are just the common bottom of the barrel product in so may categories. The old adage goes "DAP is Crap". Another comment is that the larger points that you are using stick out so far that they can make it harder to cut the glazing. As nice and easy as they are to use, I find the glazing goes easier with the tiny diamond shaped glazing points.

Great job Sam, it looks just fine. Just a tip like others have mentioned, I always kept some Linseed Oil for oiling my putty knife, that allows for a smooth run on your putty/glazing compound. After 60 years of repairing windows it's good to see someone keeping the skills alive. p.s. my last house was an old Coastguard House on top of a cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and had 115 panes of glass on windows just like you repaired. 😒🤨🥰

Very impressive .

Have you seen the old windows like this they take them and old doors and make all glass greenhouses ,so cool!

Learned something new

You made it look easy.

Awesome job

I know A tip trick you can use for A home-made glaze putty tool Samantha. You can cut A piece of plastic like butter blow lid.,or A cake frosting container down to A small putty wedge tool that can slide down those sides of the window frame to. Just use A pair scissors to cut out some of those tools with on the super cheap. They're reusable and cleanable afterwards to.

It's good to see younger generations taking on and learning how to fix existing construction. Great job.

That actually looked like fun.

When I was a glazier my favourite job was replacing old lead stained glass windows.

I used to hate replacing glass and trying to make the putty workable as it was always soaked in linseed oil. The UK always had pins holding the glass into the frames, and it was always a nightmare to get the putty looking good. A brilliant video, Samantha I can't imagine how many young women you'll inspire to take up home repairs and maintenance

Eye protection Sam ! Especially when removing that old putty

The glazing looks great. Have similar style windows on the front of my place too, just metal framed instead of wood. And cracked too ofc.

My father in law did quite a lot of Windows like that many years ago . Don't see it much anymore . Thanks for showing how it is done .

Thanks for showing this. Young people today don’t know how to work with their hands and in the near future they will wish they had learned how to be more self relient.❤

Awesome job Samantha. I'm old enough to remember all house windows done this way and it was never perfect but then it depended on the tradesperson, so great job sweetheart.

i took quarter round wood and and cut it to frame the glass in /hold the glass in place then pin nailed the quarter round in place and then used clear caulk to seal it after painting...

be proud Sam you did real well, this is a lost art, Thanks and a little water on the putty knife wont hurt at all. i think if you roll them between two pieces of boards about the size of a pencil.

Trick to remove old glazing is heat will soften by using small torch or heat iron aka glazing iron and to work putty in hands to warm up the warm the smooth er to apply

I used to do the window 47 years ago. Nice work😊

Nice to see you are saving the old windows.

Nice job, Sam. Thanks.

Another job well done Sam, the windows look great after you cleaned them all.

I appreciate your show sam,I rent my house and ask for permission to my landowners if I can paint or do something around the house,so thank you again.

I’m old. There’s. A saying. I’ve. Heard. Years. Ago. You don’t. Know. Shit. From. Putty. Keep up. The. Good. Work

Nice job Sam. You would be fun to work with.

Nice job Sam!!

good job girl. love the old school.

Happy New Year!

U did an amazing job looks fantastic

Great idea really cool old school thing thank u for sharing

That's some nice work. 🙂

Awesome! looks good did this many moons ago

You Did a Nice JOB

Great job!

Good job. I have some old windows in need of paint. It is such a tedious job I keep putting it off.

Nice job!

Nice work. A lost art!

Love your videos a simple easy explanation on how to do this. I have one little trick carry a cheap spray bottle ,once you lay out the putty on the glass ,spritz it lightly with the water, putty won't drag. Keep posting you videos all excellent!

Nice job, Sam. Happy new year. Big storm coming in--Hope you don't have to dig out too much. Cheers.

It's too bad you don't live down in Florida I would have you redo my whole house . New windows drywall all the walls and ceilings.

I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I saw single pane windows. Probably close to 30 years since I got to dink with one.

I would say that for some tasks there isn't anyone who is an expert or professional. You just get it done. You're as much of a professional as anyone 50 years ago who was doing it.

Good job!

25:49 I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets a text as I’m up on a ladder lol. Good job Sam

Good job!!! 👍👍👍😁

Curious what the benefit of using window glazing putty over caulk is?

I had an old horizontal swing window, single pane of course, but with fairly thick wood laying around. Asked a window maker if he can make a douple pane to my specs, with only 3mm glass and an 8-12mm gap usually used for triple pane (don´t know the actual gap, it´s been a while). It´s a fairly small window, so pane strength isn´t too much of an issue. He sure could, so I deepened the recess in the wood and glued the glass into the fully painted frame with silicone caulk (stick to glossy paint very well). That was a good 25years ago, window´s still holding up, outside may need a lick of paint though. So if a wood frame is thick enough to mount it, a redo with a double pane of minimum thickness may be good solution for keeping old, classic windows.

I wish a Happy New Year to you and your family. Greetings from Germany.

I use this tool to remove weeds in my backyard...never knew it was made for glazing... You're right, don't just overdo things, instead of making it even better it will turn out worse... 😂😉 Thx a lot for showing, quite interesting! 👍👍👍

Thank you!

A button torch works good for removing the old glazing, heat it up and it removes quite a bit easier. Looks nice.

Hi Samantha I always enjoy your content. question for your viewers the tool you are using is a "HYDE 5in1" tool. ok question What is the curved section of the tool used for?

I can’t speak to your skills as a glazier but I can say that the ease and comfort you seem to feel with being on camera is pretty oblivious. Nice story telling and presentation. Creating content and seeing yourself on camera isn’t easy.

Nice thanks for sharing

Had to do it a few times in the 80s after I broke a couple......but you're definitely right..... hardly ever see them and it's becoming a lost skill......but I also remember having to hang storm windows on that house every fall too...🙄

Yup Diamond Brad's been a couple few yrs since changed them ,We had an old school house window 12' x 10' frame had mega windows woke up one morning made coffee turned around and a giant bull moose was standing just outside the window looking in his horns were about 3ft short ea end Whew glad it didn't like coffee 😅

It’s called putty Sam 😀💕

Nice! I got one old 6 over 6 window in my shed that needs to be glazed , then painted…I have never seen it done before…do you shingle too?

I just bought a lADDER JUST LIKE THAT IT EXTENDS 22 ft their realy good ones

That soundtrack is so peaceful and calming

Nice job, Sam. The windows could do with a lick of paint too 😂

Omggggggg ! 😂😂 HaHa ! In a world that's focused on climate control and energy efficiency ...single pane windows ! LOVE IT ! " Hey Greta Thunberg ..Sit on it and spin ! " EPIC THUMBS UP ! ! 😇❤

safety first sammy....eye protection at all times

A trick my grandfather taught me was when finishing the putty off a drop of linseed oil on ur knife stopped the putty sticking to ur knife 😁👍