I have an older house with a mix of wood double hung and casement windows. A few are pretty sound, but most have problems such as a cracked pane or broken sash cords. Most have sliding storms installed on the outside, although some are missing a glass pane or screen.
No single window appears to have a problem that I couldn't take care of myself, but the amount of time to fix, scrape, repaint, etc. all 30+ windows is more than I want to spend.
How can I figure out whether it makes sense to bring the existing windows into a state of good repair or just bite the bullet and go with replacement windows?
I'm guessing that the cost of materials will be a lot lower if I get the windows fixed instead of replaced, but the labor will be higher. I'm just trying to get a ballpark sense so I can figure out if it's even worthe going through the process of getting contractors in to give an estimate for fixing the windows.