This step by step tutorial of How to Replace a Glass Window Pane in a wood frame is a great self sufficiency a homesteader should have. Yes, this do it your project is focused towards older windows but there are still quite a few wood framed windows still in use in homes, sheds and barns. A broken windowpane not only allows the wind, rain and snow into your home, your heat can escape.
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