Flow Historic Windows

01/28/2026

Proud of this one. :)

Downtown Albany corner building with large beautiful old windows that were falling apart much more than the usual. I'm taking the opportunity to get better at replacement sash members and patches. Today, a new meeting rail fashioned from the top rail of an old salvaged sash. 🪟

01/20/2026

Test fitting for our first custom wooden storm window install, and these first three are PERFECT on the first try!! 🤯🎉🪟

with Kayden Avery in Woodstock NY

01/17/2026

When you support one small local business, you support a bunch of others too!

Some of my favorites that Flow Historic Windows works with include:

https://passonnopaints.com/
Passanno Paints, Menands
Locals you should definitely get all your paint here! Better quality, great service, lower prices.

https://www.amazinglassco.com/
Amazin Glass, Livingston Ave in Albany
Our glass supplier, who our customers have also gone to for aluminum storm window repair.

https://www.acehardware.com/store-details/16373
Robinsons ACE Hardware in Slingerlands
My commute passes a Phillips, a Curtis Lumber, and this store. ACE has better selection, quality, and prices. Their house brand blue tape and 60-grit sandpaper are staples for us.

https://kilianhardware.com/

https://sutherlandwelles.com/

Kilian is in Philadelphia, and Sutherland Welles is in Providence RI, but both are small businesses connected with their communities and supplying vital and rare specialized products for historic home repairs.

If you're wanting to invest in things that matter and last, try a two-fer of restoring your windows and supporting small businesses!

11/21/2025

10/15/2025

Ever since I first looked at these sash in their Catskills windows, I've been itching to get them rehydrated. Right side is old finish scraped off to bare wood, left side is coated with tung oil/wood preservative. 🤩

10/15/2025

We make storm windows now!! I'm so excited! And is an awesome goofball but that's not news. ☺️ So cool watching him plan and prep these and now they exist!

10/01/2025

Just putting out a preliminary notice that we are planning to hire 2 additional crew members in November for a December start. Too swamped to field inquiries this month, but if you're interested, HMU the second week of November.

01/17/2025

Want to visit our window repair shop? Open House Sunday 2/2/25, 2-5pm. Please RSVP. 🪟❤️

01/17/2025

2/2/25 2-5pm
Come visit us! Check out the shop and the window repair process. Play with putty, try out glass cutting. Bring a friend. 🪟

11/08/2024

Cleaning window hardware is so satisfying