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Top window falls automatically
Hi - i have a problem with my double hung windows. When ever i "unlock"
the window, the top window slides down automatically. Ideally i guess one pulls down on the top window for it to slide down. But this one just comes sliding down automatically as soon as i unlock it. Could you please tell me what is causing this to happen. I also like to fix things myself - is this something i can do by myself or do i need to call window-repair for it? Thanks for any advise... |
wrote in message oups.com... Hi - i have a problem with my double hung windows. When ever i "unlock" the window, the top window slides down automatically. Ideally i guess one pulls down on the top window for it to slide down. But this one just comes sliding down automatically as soon as i unlock it. Could you please tell me what is causing this to happen. I also like to fix things myself - is this something i can do by myself or do i need to call window-repair for it? Thanks for any advise... Counterbalance is not working. Could be weights and pulleys, could be the spring things on the sides. Determine what type you have first, then either repair the cords or replace the parts. Could be some newer version too, but you didn't give much to go on. |
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. 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... |
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. |
"Dan Espen" wrote in message ... 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??? |
"calhoun" writes:
"Dan Espen" wrote in message ... 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. |
Top window falls automatically
I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also.
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Top window falls automatically
Mike wrote
I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also. You're a bit late after 15 years, Rumplestiltskin. -- For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...lly-20592-.htm |
Top window falls automatically
On Fri, 28 May 2021 11:47:38 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote: Mike wrote I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also. You're a bit late after 15 years, Rumplestiltskin. You are stupid enough to feed the trolls, li'l Rodie. -- For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...lly-20592-.htm |
Top window falls automatically
wrote in message ... On Fri, 28 May 2021 11:47:38 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Mike wrote I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also. You're a bit late after 15 years, Rumplestiltskin. reams of your stupid troll**** flushed where it belongs |
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Top window falls automatically
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 28 May 2021 11:47:38 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote: Mike wrote I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also. You're a bit late after 15 years, Rumplestiltskin. I see this complaint a lot but I think it's misplaced. I think homemoaners works differently from home.repair. It's web-based and emphasizes searching on a topic to find posts on similar topics. Then people ask their own questions in a thread that can run for years and is about that topic. It doesn't matter that the previous poster was 15 years earlier. What matters to the current poster is whether someone will answer him or not. Homemoaners is happy to have people answer in a thread that has been running for decades because at least sometimes, the answers are related. It doers't matter if the poster from years ago solved his problem or not. Home.repair posts are seen mostly by current readers. A post doesn't get connected to one from years ago unless the poster or reader on his own computer has posts going back years and the chosen subject line is exactly the same as an earlier subject line. Then the new post and answer to it get sorted together along with the one from years ago, and it's very likely the person with lots of very old posts on his own computer will never see the new post or answers to it, because they will sort so high in the list. IOW homemoaners and home.repair work very differently. -- For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...lly-20592-.htm |
Top window falls automatically
On 5/28/21 6:14 AM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 28 May 2021 11:47:38 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Mike wrote I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also. You're a bit late after 15 years, Rumplestiltskin. I see this complaint a lot but I think it's misplaced. I think homemoaners works differently from home.repair. It's web-based and emphasizes searching on a topic to find posts on similar topics. Then people ask their own questions in a thread that can run for years and is about that topic. It doesn't matter that the previous poster was 15 years earlier. What matters to the current poster is whether someone will answer him or not. Homemoaners is happy to have people answer in a thread that has been running for decades because at least sometimes, the answers are related. It doers't matter if the poster from years ago solved his problem or not. Home.repair posts are seen mostly by current readers. A post doesn't get connected to one from years ago unless the poster or reader on his own computer has posts going back years and the chosen subject line is exactly the same as an earlier subject line. Then the new post and answer to it get sorted together along with the one from years ago, and it's very likely the person with lots of very old posts on his own computer will never see the new post or answers to it, because they will sort so high in the list. IOW homemoaners and home.repair work very differently. -- For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...lly-20592-.htm Usenet invented alt.home.repair. Homo-owners-chub figured out a way to resurrect old moldy posts, shove advertising up your ass and skim some dollars for themselves along the way. |
Top window falls automatically
On 5/28/2021 7:02 AM, Larry wrote:
On 5/28/21 6:14 AM, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 28 May 2021 11:47:38 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Mike wrote I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also. You're a bit late after 15 years, Rumplestiltskin. I see this complaint a lot but I think it's misplaced. I think homemoaners works differently from home.repair.Â*Â* It's web-based and emphasizes searching on a topic to find posts on similar topics. Then people ask their own questions in a thread that can run for years and is about that topic.Â*Â* It doesn't matter that the previous poster was 15 years earlier.Â* What matters to the current poster is whether someone will answer him or not.Â*Â* Homemoaners is happy to have people answer in a thread that has been running for decades because at least sometimes, the answers are related.Â* It doers't matter if the poster from years ago solved his problem or not. Home.repair posts are seen mostly by current readers.Â* A post doesn't get connected to one from years ago unless the poster or reader on his own computer has posts going back years and the chosen subject line is exactly the same as an earlier subject line.Â*Â* Then the new post and answer to it get sorted together along with the one from years ago, and it's very likely the person with lots of very old posts on his own computer will never see the new post or answers to it, because they will sort so high in the list. IOW homemoaners and home.repair work very differently. -- For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...lly-20592-.htm Usenet invented alt.home.repair. Homo-owners-chub figured out a way to resurrect old moldy posts, shove advertising up your ass and skim some dollars for themselves along the way. Capitalism at work. Few people have ever heard of usenet and most ISPs don't carry it. Everyone knows of the WWW. |
Top window falls automatically
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 28 May 2021 10:17:02 -0400, Ed Pawlowski
wrote: On 5/28/2021 7:02 AM, Larry wrote: On 5/28/21 6:14 AM, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 28 May 2021 11:47:38 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Mike wrote I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also. You're a bit late after 15 years, Rumplestiltskin. I see this complaint a lot but I think it's misplaced. I think homemoaners works differently from home.repair.** It's web-based and emphasizes searching on a topic to find posts on similar topics. Then people ask their own questions in a thread that can run for years and is about that topic.** It doesn't matter that the previous poster was 15 years earlier.* What matters to the current poster is whether someone will answer him or not.** Homemoaners is happy to have people answer in a thread that has been running for decades because at least sometimes, the answers are related.* It doers't matter if the poster from years ago solved his problem or not. Home.repair posts are seen mostly by current readers.* A post doesn't get connected to one from years ago unless the poster or reader on his own computer has posts going back years and the chosen subject line is exactly the same as an earlier subject line.** Then the new post and answer to it get sorted together along with the one from years ago, and it's very likely the person with lots of very old posts on his own computer will never see the new post or answers to it, because they will sort so high in the list. IOW homemoaners and home.repair work very differently. -- For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...lly-20592-.htm Usenet invented alt.home.repair. Homo-owners-chub figured out a way to resurrect old moldy posts, shove advertising up your ass and skim some dollars for themselves along the way. Capitalism at work. Few people have ever heard of usenet and most ISPs don't carry it. Everyone knows of the WWW. Absolutely. I much prefer Usenet but they homeowners is doing nothing wrong. I pefer newsgroups to mailing list and webforums too. Much better format, much more text with no white space. I think I came up with 15 advantages it has. It's disappointing that it's fading away. |
Top window falls automatically
On 5/28/2021 11:57 AM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 28 May 2021 10:17:02 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 5/28/2021 7:02 AM, Larry wrote: On 5/28/21 6:14 AM, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 28 May 2021 11:47:38 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Mike wrote I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also. You're a bit late after 15 years, Rumplestiltskin. I see this complaint a lot but I think it's misplaced. I think homemoaners works differently from home.repair.Â*Â* It's web-based and emphasizes searching on a topic to find posts on similar topics. Then people ask their own questions in a thread that can run for years and is about that topic.Â*Â* It doesn't matter that the previous poster was 15 years earlier.Â* What matters to the current poster is whether someone will answer him or not.Â*Â* Homemoaners is happy to have people answer in a thread that has been running for decades because at least sometimes, the answers are related.Â* It doers't matter if the poster from years ago solved his problem or not. Home.repair posts are seen mostly by current readers.Â* A post doesn't get connected to one from years ago unless the poster or reader on his own computer has posts going back years and the chosen subject line is exactly the same as an earlier subject line.Â*Â* Then the new post and answer to it get sorted together along with the one from years ago, and it's very likely the person with lots of very old posts on his own computer will never see the new post or answers to it, because they will sort so high in the list. IOW homemoaners and home.repair work very differently. -- For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...lly-20592-.htm Usenet invented alt.home.repair. Homo-owners-chub figured out a way to resurrect old moldy posts, shove advertising up your ass and skim some dollars for themselves along the way. Capitalism at work. Few people have ever heard of usenet and most ISPs don't carry it. Everyone knows of the WWW. Absolutely. I much prefer Usenet but they homeowners is doing nothing wrong. Except, always failing to include enough content so readers can know what the hell they are talking about without have to go to the stupid data stealing site. I pefer newsgroups to mailing list and webforums too. Much better format, much more text with no white space. I think I came up with 15 advantages it has. It's disappointing that it's fading away. |
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On Fri, 28 May 2021 12:56:00 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote: wrote in message .. . On Fri, 28 May 2021 11:47:38 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Mike wrote I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also. You're a bit late after 15 years, Rumplestiltskin. reams of your stupid troll**** flushed where it belongs Such an original thought, li'l Rodie. You've never said that before! The *FACT* is that you're stupid enough to feed trolls. Idiot. |
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On Fri, 28 May 2021 13:38:00 -0700, Bob F wrote:
On 5/28/2021 11:57 AM, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 28 May 2021 10:17:02 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 5/28/2021 7:02 AM, Larry wrote: On 5/28/21 6:14 AM, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 28 May 2021 11:47:38 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Mike wrote I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also. You're a bit late after 15 years, Rumplestiltskin. I see this complaint a lot but I think it's misplaced. I think homemoaners works differently from home.repair.** It's web-based and emphasizes searching on a topic to find posts on similar topics. Then people ask their own questions in a thread that can run for years and is about that topic.** It doesn't matter that the previous poster was 15 years earlier.* What matters to the current poster is whether someone will answer him or not.** Homemoaners is happy to have people answer in a thread that has been running for decades because at least sometimes, the answers are related.* It doers't matter if the poster from years ago solved his problem or not. Home.repair posts are seen mostly by current readers.* A post doesn't get connected to one from years ago unless the poster or reader on his own computer has posts going back years and the chosen subject line is exactly the same as an earlier subject line.** Then the new post and answer to it get sorted together along with the one from years ago, and it's very likely the person with lots of very old posts on his own computer will never see the new post or answers to it, because they will sort so high in the list. IOW homemoaners and home.repair work very differently. -- For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...lly-20592-.htm Usenet invented alt.home.repair. Homo-owners-chub figured out a way to resurrect old moldy posts, shove advertising up your ass and skim some dollars for themselves along the way. Capitalism at work. Few people have ever heard of usenet and most ISPs don't carry it. Everyone knows of the WWW. Absolutely. I much prefer Usenet but they homeowners is doing nothing wrong. Except, always failing to include enough content so readers can know what the hell they are talking about without have to go to the stupid data stealing site. Except, it's a troll. It's always the same poster and noone from hommoaners ever replies. |
Top window falls automatically
wrote in message ... On Fri, 28 May 2021 13:38:00 -0700, Bob F wrote: On 5/28/2021 11:57 AM, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 28 May 2021 10:17:02 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 5/28/2021 7:02 AM, Larry wrote: On 5/28/21 6:14 AM, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 28 May 2021 11:47:38 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Mike wrote I have the same irritating problem with mine. Open the bottom window and the top window falls down open also. You're a bit late after 15 years, Rumplestiltskin. I see this complaint a lot but I think it's misplaced. I think homemoaners works differently from home.repair. It's web-based and emphasizes searching on a topic to find posts on similar topics. Then people ask their own questions in a thread that can run for years and is about that topic. It doesn't matter that the previous poster was 15 years earlier. What matters to the current poster is whether someone will answer him or not. Homemoaners is happy to have people answer in a thread that has been running for decades because at least sometimes, the answers are related. It doers't matter if the poster from years ago solved his problem or not. Home.repair posts are seen mostly by current readers. A post doesn't get connected to one from years ago unless the poster or reader on his own computer has posts going back years and the chosen subject line is exactly the same as an earlier subject line. Then the new post and answer to it get sorted together along with the one from years ago, and it's very likely the person with lots of very old posts on his own computer will never see the new post or answers to it, because they will sort so high in the list. IOW homemoaners and home.repair work very differently. -- For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...lly-20592-.htm Usenet invented alt.home.repair. Homo-owners-chub figured out a way to resurrect old moldy posts, shove advertising up your ass and skim some dollars for themselves along the way. Capitalism at work. Few people have ever heard of usenet and most ISPs don't carry it. Everyone knows of the WWW. Absolutely. I much prefer Usenet but they homeowners is doing nothing wrong. Except, always failing to include enough content so readers can know what the hell they are talking about without have to go to the stupid data stealing site. Except, it's a troll. It's always the same poster Bull****. That site is the one that puts the post on usenet, stupid. and noone from hommoaners ever replies. That's a pig ignorant lie too. |
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