Painted the two inner sides of the alloy glazing bars with grey top coat.   Cut the next side rod extension out of Iroko and measured and trimmed the next section of perimeter rail today.

I disposed of the scrap window frames and other bits of rusty steel today.  Finished priming the aluminium  window glazing bars.

Some progress today.  Work on the three remaining half-drop windows continued with cleaning and preparing for paint the fixed-glazing clamp bars.  This involved the use of citric acid to remove the aluminium oxide from the corrosion pits, luckily this is all on the inner surfaces where these were screwed to the steel window frames.  It is surprising (and annoying) that Weymann did not at least give these a coat of paint as a barrier between the steel and aluminium to prevent electrolytic corrosion.

The completed first window has had as much excess sealant removed as possible whilst it is on the bench and all the steelwork has been treated with waxoyl on top of the paint to seal any exposed metal.  It is now ready for fitting.

The aluminium waistrail panel was fitted in the first bay today, this was a pre-requisite for fitting the window.