All are still rusty.
Sash window weights scrap value.
Vintage window weights antique architectural salvage cast iron 7 8 lb 18 19 inch.
They are offering window weights at 1 60 dollar per pound.
You can get 200 to 400 a ton depending on where you live.
Each has a hole through one end where the rope passed thru.
Steel sash weights were designed by mighton in 1985.
Antique vintage window sash weight approx 5 7lb ea.
Sash weights create the proper counterbalance for each window sash allowing for smooth operating double hung windows.
Hi the window sash weights are usually cast iron.
As square steel weights are denser than their round cast iron counterparts you can squeeze more weight into your window box allowing you to compensate for.
I have come across some that were cast steel.
A ton is 2000 pounds.
I saved 10 old iron window weights when we replaced the windows in our 100 year old house.
Ended up with a pile of 100 year old possibly weights.
Cast iron cuts easier than cast steel.
I had my sash windows refurbed and double glazed keeping the original frames last year.
When selecting weights remember although they can allow for smooth operating windows oversize weights can impede sash movement and cause the window to malfunction.
We offer a range of window sash weights that can be installed alone or stacked including add on weights stackable iron weights stackable lead weights and stackable round weights.
A sash window weight is used to counter balance the weight of a sliding sash in a sash window and thus hold it in position at any height.
You can tell by cutting them with a hack saw.
Made of iron the weights can be installed alone or stacked and are ideal for vintage window restoration or new period style home construction.
Lot 6 antique cast iron window sash weights 8lbs architectural salvage fishing c.
I think you should have to replace your old window counter weights with new windows.
So you could get 10 to 20 cents per pound.
I m assuming they ll have to be painted.