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“It looks about finished,” he said, “but you can see it’s not very ri^id. We waterproof the windows next 'io seal them and add strength.” ',c;
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“We let it set up, then we trihi the excess and clean the window's. The compound will continue to ooie for a while so we generally allow six weeks for a window to cure,” Russell said. H
Large windows may require reinforcing bars like those discussed during the restoration phase. The placing of these is critical, Russell said, and the artist and designer Wjill work out their locations during t^ie design phase so as to have the least visual impact of the mounted window'. ",
finally, said Marti Jones, comes installation. ,,
“We install all of our own windows, You don’t want to leave that to chance after all of the w'ork that’s gone into creatine- them. ”
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