"calhoun" writes:

"Dan Espen" wrote in message
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William Brown writes:

wrote:
Thanks. It's a double-hung window - installed 5 years ago. I cannot
seem to find the maker - but it looks like the anderson double-hung 200
series. I do not see any "pulley/weight" system. The top window falls
on its own as soon as it is unlocked - it is supposed to slide down
only upon pulling it down. I do not actually see any mechanical system
after it slides down (or after pulling down on the top window). Not
sure how much more details to provide...

I have some Andersen double hungs and they are controlled by a very
thin sash cord, hard to see even if you know it is there. On mine,
there is a double channel guiding the window, and the cord is well
hidden in the channel closest to the outside; it gets there through a
break in the upper frame, that almost looks like they just cut the
frame a little too big for the channel divider. If the cord was
broken, I think it would retract and you would not see anything. Do
you have another window without the problem? If so, look at it and
see if there is a sash cord.

The 200 is a "tilt out for cleaning" window.
You are not going to find a cord.

Learn something new everyday. I thought the 400 was the tilt and the 200 the
narrowline???

Here is another link to the notice of problems with the series 200:

http://www.andersenwindows.com/corpo...asp?p=40000000

They call the window:

Andersen® 200 Series Tilt-Wash Double-Hung Window

There are even pictures. No cord.