On Oct 8, 8:25*am, Norminn wrote:
Kompu Kid wrote:
Hello All:

Windows at my nephew's home won't close unless one pushes it with
substantial force from outside. I looked into it a bit. I first
thought it was paint buildup, but ruled this out after cleaning the
buildup did not help.

I have photos of the windows at:

http://cid-eb85de77506ba8ba.spaces.l...EB85DE77506BA8...

I think the windows are slightly warped over time --this is a 60-year-
old home. I am thinking that if he can replace the pins in hinges (one
of the hinges is marked with "B") with a smaller diameter one, the
"A" side of the window would be slightly pushed out, and the "D" edge
then would get to touch the mating frame (it now stands 1/4" or so
away).

Alternately if the lateral edges can be bent inwards a bit this would
also get the Edge D closer. But I cannot think of an easy way of
bending these edges in a controlled manner, and without breaking the
glass...

Any recommendations?

Thanks!

Deguza

Can you remove the brace at the bottom of the window? *Looks like it
also has heavy paint
build-up ...... hard telling from here, but if the brace has thick paint
on it, it might be pushing
on the hinge when it closes. *As for bending the frame, take out the
glass, bend, replace
glass. *Have you used a straight-edge to make sure only one edge of the
frame is not straight?
Glass shouldn't bend much, so perhaps the mating edge against "D" is
also warped (with,
perhaps, too much weight from above?). *Perhaps the framing is warped
from too much
wind against the open window over time?

We did remove the arm at one point but it was not blocking anything.
This arm opens and closes the window when the crank handle is rotated.

Deguza