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I’m redoing a lot of the lighting so that’s not a project I’m afraid to tackle. Last owner loved florescent lights so we’re removing them from the bedrooms and bathrooms currently.

Inside looks pretty much the same. My biggest fear is breaking it apart and not being able to reassemble it because it leaves a pretty big hole to get inside the house. If I can get in without breaking it I can fix whatever is in there.

Not sure when the door was installed but the house is 1880’s so it has quite a span to be from. I doubt it’s original but it can be quite old.

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TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Make sure you use insulated tools, you should also prove dead, ideally with a proper proving device.

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sramder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
There’s no shame in a nice plywood patch, as long as it’s temporary.

Plastic probably isn’t a great long term solution anyway, unless you have a handy neighborhood Tap Plastics… those are large panels that need to be cut from a big sheet. It’s probably acrylic which starts out fragile and just get more brittle with sun exposure, cleaning chemicals, air, etc. ;-)

You could try to replace them with polycarbonate but I’d check on the price of getting some glass cut and laminated. You could even just turn it back into a window. Definitely seek advice on how to “reglaze” the windows from YouTube…

I tried to substitute modern silicone caulk for crummy window putty once. Then I cracked the glass and spent a week scraping out the very tenacious caulk. Turns out sometimes the old ways do work best.

Good luck.

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