All Australian Heritage sash windows (Victorian,Federation.Art Deco etc) have been built will fine precise joinery ,cedar frames and quality Australian hardwoods for sills. These windows can be seen all over Sydney’s inner west, lower north shore If ,however your timber windows and sills were made cheaply and mass produced from the 60-70s on-wards, the majority of these window sills have been poorly constructed with inferior materials such as Maple and poor quality Cedar. This is not a good solution for a window sill and once they begin to rot,
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Do you have traditional double hung timber sash cord windows? If so, they are well worth restoring. These windows were lovingly crafted with joinery hewn from all Australian timbers and built from the 1880s till the late 1960s, classical icons of Heritage Victorian Federation Art Deco style homes are found in abundance from Sydney’s inner city, lower north shore, and inner west, eastern suburbs, south Sydney, northern beaches and beyond.