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   calvin | May 28, 2015 09:39pm | #1

   Gregg

   Marvin and Andersen make a point of offering total custom, you might try there.

   or

   Find a shop that builds sash and hope they can come up with what you need.

   best of luck

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   DanH | May 28, 2015 11:00pm | #2

   If you don't need an operable window it should be fairly easy for a millwork shop or some such to create a new frame, and a glass shop could cut the circular or octagonal glass.  Overlay with dummy muntins.

   Operable, of course, would be more of a challenge.

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   GreggBanse | May 29, 2015 07:51am | #3

   THanks for the

   Thanks for the replies.

   Calvin: we're in Bethesda MD

   DanH: Doesn't need to be operable. Hoping not to go custom all the way. 

   MarkH: That's more the direction I was hoping for. So it's a round window and I'd need to find a way to mount it inside an octagonal frame. Or would it be relatively easy to go with a round frame/trim inside - something prefab? The inside walls are plaster & lath and form an octagonal hole.

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   DanH | May 29, 2015 08:35am | #4

   Unless you get extraordinarily lucky and find an exact match, you're going to have to do some custom work.  Your main challenge is to get as good a fit as possible to the existing brick opening.

   (However, you could get lucky.  I have seen very similar windows a handful of times, and very likely there were only one or two manufacturers.  So the sizing may be relatively standard and someone may make a replacement.)

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   MarkH | May 29, 2015 11:52am | #5

   That window indicated it came with adjustable interior trim, you might get lucky and it will overlap the existing trim, or actually cover the tile with the old trim removed.  Hard to say.  I would probably replace the octagon trim with a plastic version if you're forced to keep it. 

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   GreggBanse | May 29, 2015 12:40pm | #6

   I have a plan

   If the window is smaller, I think I have a relatively easy plan. Once I refinish or rebuild the octagonal frame, I can cut a piece of plywood to fit it and the circular window. I can put nailers in the corners left by the arc of the window and the corner of the rough opening and nail the plywood into place. Then it's a matter of caulking and trim work. The trim around the octagon is nothing more than moulding.

   At least that's the theory.

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   calvin | May 29, 2015 03:40pm | #7

   Gregg

   In the shower?

   go with the nautical theme and find or make a porthole.

   round inside and out, screw the octagon.

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   GreggBanse | May 30, 2015 01:30pm | #8

   Thought of that

   But my wife doesn't like the idea. Front of the house window and she thinks it will detract from the resale value. 

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   calvin | May 30, 2015 02:25pm | #9

   Gregg

   you can't put a price on cool.  Nor can you on a good marriage.

   resale?

   dig out the rot, stabilize what you can and epoxy/pvc the rest back to life.  It'll be exactly the same as it always was from the road.