A Lead Glass Bevel Doorway on Euclid Avenue

This panel has too much experience. It was originally built in the early 1920s. Since then, it has been rebuilt twice. I am restorer number three.

I took this job without seeing it first, because it was taped. Never a good sign.

When I took it apart, I discovered some strange things. The glass was full of chips, some from being nibbled to make it fit (never a good sign), and some from heat cracks. The previous time it had been soldered, which was the third time, had gone really badly.

The panel was originally made in brass. Over the decades, bit by bit, it was replaced with lead and zinc. Unfortunately, copper plus zinc is a Duracell. The window came to me because it had failed under its own weight, because all the joints were wrecked by electrochemical corrosion.

It was a struggle, but it came come together again. It’s now as strong as it ever was, and it’s no longer electrically active.