Local Company Rescues Wildwood's Windows

This summer, when teachers move back into Wildwood Elementary School, which has been closed for a seismic overhaul this year, they'll be able to breathe a breath of fresh air—literally. The school's original windows, which have jammed up since the building was constructed in 1935, will open and close with ease, thanks to Wooden Window.

The 31-year-old woodworking company run by Piedmont dads Bill Essert and Mark Christiansen disassembled the windows and ungummed the works.

"Some of the windows were in pretty good shape and they just need like an oil change. Others needed severe adjustments," Essert said.  

Wooden Window has been involved in other school projects in Piedmont. The company crafted the wooden doors at the entrance of the new Havens Elementary School and custom-built windows to match old ones when the high school underwent seismic retrofits. Essert said the company hopes to help out at Beach Elementary School too once renovations get underway there this summer.