Steel Casement Window Restoration in Brooklyn

Metal Man Restoration restores steel casement windows for Brooklyn prewar apartment buildings, converted lofts, former industrial buildings, and institutional buildings. We strip, repair, weatherproof, and refinish original steel windows so they operate and seal properly again instead of being torn out and replaced with something the building was never designed for.

Brooklyn Steel Windows We Restore

Brownstones and row houses mostly carry wood sash, so Brooklyn’s steel windows tend to be in its lofts, former factories, and prewar apartment buildings. The work usually falls into a few categories:

• Loft and industrial steel sash in converted buildings in DUMBO and Williamsburg
• Prewar apartment building casements that have rusted, seized, or stopped sealing
• Institutional and civic building steel including schools and houses of worship
• Residential steel casements on houses and townhouses
• Operating hardware such as hinges, latches, and operators that have worn or seized

What Steel Window Restoration Involves

We strip old paint and corrosion back to sound steel, repair or replace failed sections, loosen and rebuild the operating hardware, and re-glaze where needed. Then we prime and finish the steel and reinstate the weather seal.

The goal is a window that opens, closes, latches, and keeps weather out, with the original profiles intact.

Why Restore Steel Casement Windows Instead of Replacing Them?

Original steel sections are far slimmer than modern replacements, which is why a replacement window in a prewar opening looks heavier and wrong. In a loft building, those thin sightlines are a large part of what the space is.

In a designated building or historic district, replacement can face review that restoration usually does not. Restoration keeps the sightlines and the original steel, and it is frequently less expensive than a like-for-like custom replacement.

Metal Man’s Steel Window Experience

At the US Customs House in Philadelphia, an Art Deco federal building, our scope covered 400 steel casement windows along with the exterior aluminum and stainless steel doors, transoms, and light fixtures. The windows were repaired, primed, and repainted over a two and a half year project completed with Painters Union Local 21.

In Jersey City we restored bronze and steel casement windows in Buildings B and C of The Beacon, the former Jersey City Medical Center. In 2009 we restored 27 cast iron windows from Yale’s Harkness Tower. See the steel casement window restoration overview.

Neighborhoods We Serve Across Brooklyn

DUMBO and Williamsburg hold much of the borough’s loft and former industrial steel sash. Prewar apartment buildings, schools, and houses of worship across Brooklyn, from Park Slope and Fort Greene to Flatbush, can also have original steel worth saving.

Steel window restoration is done onsite, so the building stays in use while the work moves through it.

Common Questions About Steel Casement Window Restoration in Brooklyn

These are the questions Brooklyn boards, owners, and architects ask before committing to restoration over replacement.

Can rusted steel casement windows be saved?

Usually, yes. Surface rust and even significant corrosion can be cut back to sound steel and repaired. Windows are written off far more often than they need to be, which is why an assessment comes before any recommendation.

Will restored windows open and seal properly?

That is the point of the work. Hardware is loosened or rebuilt, frames are trued, and the weather seal is reinstated, so the window operates and closes against weather the way it originally did.

Is restoration allowed in a landmark building?

Restoration is generally the preferred approach in a designated building, and replacement is the option more likely to face objection. Work affecting a landmark exterior can require a permit from the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and we help confirm that first.

Do you handle large commercial window projects?

Yes. Whole-building steel casement programs are phased so the building stays occupied and weathertight while the work moves through it. The Philadelphia Customs House covered 400 windows.

Is restoration cheaper than replacement?

Often, particularly against custom replacements matching original steel profiles. It also avoids the approval risk that comes with replacing windows in a designated district.

For other boroughs, see steel casement window restoration in Manhattan and steel casement window restoration in the Bronx.

Restore Your Brooklyn Steel Windows

If your Brooklyn building has original steel casement windows that stick, leak, or have rusted, fill out the form below or call (914) 662-4218.

Projects Like This

Real projects from our own shop and job sites. Every one of these is work we did ourselves.

US Customs House Philadelphia PA Metal Man Restoration was hired to restore the metalwork at the US Customs House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... View the project The Rialto The Capital At The Beacon The former Jersey City Medical Center is a landmark Art Deco complex built between 1928 and 1941 that sat largely... View the project Newark City Hall In April 2006, Metal Man Restoration was hired to restore the exterior bronze lighting fixtures and window hardware... View the project

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Being an interior designer in NYC for the past 10 years we have used metal man for all of our plating, finishing and metal restoration work. They have performed amazing work on light fixtures/door hardware/plumbing fixtures (changing fixtures from brass to either chrome or nickel finishes). We just...

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