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Window Restoration & Weatherization Boot Camp

April 25, 2025 –
– April 27, 2025

Window Restoration & Weatherization Boot Camp is a fun and intense, three-day, hands-on learning experience. Students will learn cost-effective restoration & weatherization of historic, double-hung, wood windows. You will be part of a team restoring the original wood windows in a historic property located in the Central Park National Historic District in Hannibal, Missouri.

This is a tuition-based class with a limit of 8 students. You will be working side- by-side all three days with instructor Bob Yapp.

$595.00

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Window Restoration & Weatherization Boot Camp is a fun and intense, three-day, hands-on learning experience. Students will learn cost-effective restoration & weatherization of historic, double-hung, wood windows. You will be part of a team restoring the original wood windows in a historic property located in the Central Park National Historic District in Hannibal, Missouri.

This is a tuition-based class with a limit of 8 students. You will be working side- by-side all three days with instructor Bob Yapp. Bob is nationally recognized as one of the top experts in window restoration and has restored over 8,000 windows in his 48-year career.

This will be an intense, learn-by-doing opportunity. You will learn: sash removal, safe paint & glass removal, epoxy wood repair, glazing putty application, sash painting, re-roping sash weights, weather stripping & sash installation. At the end of the three days you will know from beginning to end, how to completely restore a double-hung window & receive a “Certificate of Completion”.

Homeowners, small contractors, preservation staff, preservation commission members, hp students and historic building owners will all benefit from this hands-on, traditional training event. All skill levels are encouraged to sign up.

Tuition for this three-day workshop is $595 and includes beverages and lunch.  Space is limited to eight students in each session and pre-registration is required.

Affordable motels as well as bed & breakfast inns are available for out of town students. Special student rates are also available here at the Belvedere Inn B & B. For more lodging information contact Pat Yapp, 217-474-6086 or pbyapp@msn.com. For questions about the class call Bob Yapp, 217-474-6052 or email him, yapperman@msn.com.