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Window frames

Window frames take the brunt of the weather, and they largely decide how your house looks. A canal house with crisply painted off-white sash windows looks completely different from one with peeling paint, even if the rest of the facade is the same.

From sash to tilt-and-turn

Many houses in the centre of Leiden still have old sash windows, with counterweights inside the frame. We can take them out, repair them and make them run smoothly again. It takes a day per window, but then you have windows that open and close again.

Sealant, glazing beads and double glazing

If we replace the glass with double glazing, you get new glazing beads and a sealant joint that lasts another ten years. In listed buildings we use slim heritage glazing, so the old glazing bars can stay.

Questions about window frames

Which colour suits my house?

That is what our colour advice is for. In the city centre, off-white, canal green and oxblood red are the classics. On a listed building we also look at what was there historically.

Can I just change the colour of my window frames?

On an ordinary house, yes. In a protected townscape or on a listed building you sometimes need a permit. We check it for you before we start.

Our sash windows had been stuck for years. Now they open again, and the off-white with a hint of grey that Marloes suggested is just right with the old bricks.

IngridRapenburg · Window frames · May 2026

Other services

  • Two painters at work on an old brick house with green shutters

    Exterior painting

    Window frames, doors, facades and gutters. Thoroughly prepared, because paint is only as good as what is underneath it.

  • Painter rolling a wall in bottle green

    Interior painting

    Walls, ceilings, stairs and doors. Neatly masked, sanded with little dust and in a colour you still love a year later.

  • Sage-green floral wallpaper with a gilded mirror frame

    Wallpapering

    From glass fibre wallcovering to floral wallpaper with a pattern that lines up perfectly, even around the chimney breast.

  • Hand scooping wood filler from a tub with a putty knife

    Wood repair

    Rot in a window frame or sill? We cut it out and fill it with epoxy or a new piece of timber, so the whole frame can stay.

Ready for a new colour?

Marloes comes round with the fan deck and test swatches. Colour advice is free with every job.

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