Hi
I have a problem with bathroom window. It is coming off, please see the picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/339k746/5

the base of the window (the floor) is flexible, in another word, it can be pushed down (like car suspension), and it will come up if you let it go. Please see this picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/ajuplh/5

Not sure if that picture can help you to understand this situation.

My question how can I fix this window (it is coming out)? the base (floor of the window) needs to be lifted up a bit but I can not take the window out and re-do it! I was hoping to find an easy solution.

Thanks a lot.

On Jun 12, 10:33*pm, leza wang wrote:
Hi
I have a problem with bathroom window. It is coming off, please see the picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/339k746/5

the base of the window (the floor) is flexible, in another word, it can be pushed down (like car suspension), and it will come up if you let it go. Please see this picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/ajuplh/5

Not sure if that picture can help you to understand this situation.

My question how can I fix this window (it is coming out)? the base (floor of the window) needs to be lifted up a bit but I can not take the window out and re-do it! I was hoping to find an easy solution.

Thanks a lot.

Photos & explanation not particularly illuminating.

Best guess.... movable window panel installed upside down.
Remove moveable window panel & install with springs up.

On 6/13/2013 12:33 AM, leza wang wrote:
Hi
I have a problem with bathroom window. It is coming off, please see the picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/339k746/5

the base of the window (the floor) is flexible, in another word, it can be pushed down (like car suspension), and it will come up if you let it go. Please see this picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/ajuplh/5

Not sure if that picture can help you to understand this situation.

My question how can I fix this window (it is coming out)? the base (floor of the window) needs to be lifted up a bit but I can not take the window out and re-do it! I was hoping to find an easy solution.

Thanks a lot.


Leza, your sliding window has rollers at the bottom that could be worn
out. Rollers at the bottom of sliding windows and doors usually have an
adjusting screw that can be seen and accesses from the side. Turning the
screws clockwise usually lifts the sliding panel. Here's a link to a web
page that may help. If the rollers are worn out, the parts are not that
difficult to find. ^_^

http://www.allaboutdoors.com/article...articles_id=39

Lots of YouTube videos out there too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdsmIBpb5WE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOT7DGdLXJ0

TDD

"leza wang" wrote in message
...
Hi
I have a problem with bathroom window. It is coming off, please see the
picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/339k746/5

the base of the window (the floor) is flexible, in another word, it can be
pushed down (like car suspension), and it will come up if you let it go.
Please see this picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/ajuplh/5

Not sure if that picture can help you to understand this situation.

My question how can I fix this window (it is coming out)? the base (floor
of the window) needs to be lifted up a bit but I can not take the window
out and re-do it! I was hoping to find an easy solution.

When you say "base (floor)" do you mean the the sill? The horizontal piece
of wood across the width of the window opening upon which the windows are
installed?

If so and if that can be flexed downward then it would indicate structural
damage within the wall, probably rot from water intrusion.

dadiOH

On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:33:46 -0700 (PDT), leza wang
wrote:

Hi
I have a problem with bathroom window. It is coming off, please see the picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/339k746/5

the base of the window (the floor) is flexible, in another word, it can be pushed down (like car suspension), and it will come up if you let it go. Please see this picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/ajuplh/5

Not sure if that picture can help you to understand this situation.

Pictures are not very good.

My question how can I fix this window (it is coming out

How is it coming out? Isn't the metal piece at the bottom, bordering
the glass, within the channel? And the door bottom looks horizontal.

Is the channel clear, have you vacuumed out anything bigger than dust?

If the nylon wheel has broken -- I don't know if that ever happens --
you'll have to remove the door to replace it. I call it a door
because it goes all the way to the floor.

)? the base (floor of the window) needs to be lifted up a bit but I can not take the window out and re-do it! I was hoping to find an easy solution.

Thanks a lot.

EXcellent advice about tightening the screws in each end of the door
at the bottom, in order to lower the wheels farther so it will likely
roll more easily.

You have a bathroom window that goes alll the way to the floor? And
the whole window is twice as wide as the moveable part? I'm never
seeen anything like that. What I have seen for sliding glass
doors is that to remove one. you lift it up and move the bottom
towards you, away from its channel. That is, the bottom comes out
first. Then you lower it so it's released from the channel above it.

BEFORE you start, you probably have to turn those screws
counterclockwise, so the wheels retract. If springs push the wheels
down, doesn't she need someone on the floor to push them up while they
are trying to remove the door from the lower channel?

They are very very heavy, especially if thermal glass (two panes with
air in between) are in the door. You need a man, maybe two men if the
first one isn't experienced with home projects, so you don't drop
this. I was a reasonablly strong man, 36 at the time, and got
surprised and almost knocked off my feet (though my door was wider.)

If the door is accessible from the outside, the previous owner may
have put a rod or part of a broom stick in the channel above the door,
so burglars can't lift it out of its channel. You have to remove
this first. It may be behind a metal plate (the purpose of which
is, I guess, the same as the broom stick, but it didn't seem
adequate.)

On Jun 13, 12:33*am, leza wang wrote:
Hi
I have a problem with bathroom window. It is coming off, please see the picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/339k746/5

the base of the window (the floor) is flexible, in another word, it can be pushed down (like car suspension), and it will come up if you let it go. Please see this picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/ajuplh/5

Not sure if that picture can help you to understand this situation.

My question how can I fix this window (it is coming out)? the base (floor of the window) needs to be lifted up a bit but I can not take the window out and re-do it! I was hoping to find an easy solution.

Thanks a lot.

Another photo - not a close up would hekp. Are these sliding glass
doors or sliding glass windows?

On Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:33:46 AM UTC-4, leza wang wrote:
Hi

I have a problem with bathroom window. It is coming off, please see the picture below



http://tinypic.com/r/339k746/5



the base of the window (the floor) is flexible, in another word, it can be pushed down (like car suspension), and it will come up if you let it go. Please see this picture below



http://tinypic.com/r/ajuplh/5



Not sure if that picture can help you to understand this situation.



My question how can I fix this window (it is coming out)? the base (floor of the window) needs to be lifted up a bit but I can not take the window out and re-do it! I was hoping to find an easy solution.



Thanks a lot.


Sorry, I did not make myself clear. What I meant by "floor" is the "track" of the window (if you can see this video, minute 1:01, he removed the track)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdsmIBpb5WE

So I also removed the track but what i found underneath is a sponge strip! (please see pictures below). Now I guess I need to add new sponge strip on the top of this one or install a new one (not sure from where I can buy them). Any advice would be very much appreciated as always.


http://tinypic.com/r/2ef7yia/5

http://tinypic.com/r/o90kfd/5

http://tinypic.com/r/23jr977/5

On Jun 13, 9:37*am, leza wang wrote:
On Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:33:46 AM UTC-4, leza wang wrote:
Hi

I have a problem with bathroom window. It is coming off, please see the picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/339k746/5

the base of the window (the floor) is flexible, in another word, it can be pushed down (like car suspension), and it will come up if you let it go.. Please see this picture below

http://tinypic.com/r/ajuplh/5

Not sure if that picture can help you to understand this situation.

My question how can I fix this window (it is coming out)? the base (floor of the window) needs to be lifted up a bit but I can not take the window out and re-do it! I was hoping to find an easy solution.

Thanks a lot.

Sorry, I did not make myself clear. What I meant by "floor" is the "track" of the window (if you can see this video, minute 1:01, he removed the track)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdsmIBpb5WE

So I also removed the track but what i found underneath is a sponge strip! (please see pictures below). Now I guess I need to add new sponge strip on the top of this one or install a new one (not sure from where I can buy them). Any advice would be very much appreciated as always.

http://tinypic.com/r/2ef7yia/5

http://tinypic.com/r/o90kfd/5

http://tinypic.com/r/23jr977/5- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

My guess would be that the "sponge strip" was added by someone who
previously tried to fix this. Not sure about that, but I would think
a window
manufacturer would not put something that can get saturated with water
in the bottom of a window channel. But, who knows..... I would
think you
can find similar at HD, hardware store, etc where weatherstrippin and
similar are found.

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:37:01 -0700 (PDT), leza wang
wrote:

So I also removed the track but what i found underneath is a sponge strip! (please see pictures below). Now I guess I need to add new sponge strip on the top of this one or install a new one (not sure from where I can buy them). Any advice would be very much appreciated as always.


http://tinypic.com/r/2ef7yia/5

http://tinypic.com/r/o90kfd/5

http://tinypic.com/r/23jr977/5

I've never seen foam used in this manner for windows. It sure seems
odd to me.

If you look in the lower corner (s) of the glass, you may find a
manufacturer's name brand. Is so, contact them for information on the
foam.

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:01:58 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

but I would think
a window
manufacturer would not put something that can get saturated with water
in the bottom of a window channel.

I've not seen foam in windows like this. I've seen / done plenty of
window installs (new & retro).

On Jun 13, 11:12*am, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:37:01 -0700 (PDT), leza wang

wrote:
So I also removed the track but what i found underneath is a sponge strip! (please see pictures below). Now I guess I need to add new sponge strip on the top of this one or install a new one (not sure from where I can buy them). Any advice would be very much appreciated as always.

http://tinypic.com/r/2ef7yia/5

http://tinypic.com/r/o90kfd/5

http://tinypic.com/r/23jr977/5

I've never seen foam used in this manner for windows. It sure seems
odd to me.

If you *look in the lower corner (s) of the glass, you may find a
manufacturer's name brand. Is so, contact them for information on the
foam.

Pursuant to the above, if there are other similar windows,
she could take a couple of those out and see what's there.

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:48:18 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Jun 13, 11:12*am, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:37:01 -0700 (PDT), leza wang

wrote:
So I also removed the track but what i found underneath is a sponge strip! (please see pictures below). Now I guess I need to add new sponge strip on the top of this one or install a new one (not sure from where I can buy them). Any advice would be very much appreciated as always.

http://tinypic.com/r/2ef7yia/5

http://tinypic.com/r/o90kfd/5

http://tinypic.com/r/23jr977/5

I've never seen foam used in this manner for windows. It sure seems
odd to me.

If you *look in the lower corner (s) of the glass, you may find a
manufacturer's name brand. Is so, contact them for information on the
foam.

Pursuant to the above, if there are other similar windows,
she could take a couple of those out and see what's there.

Good point to check another window or two. If they do not have the
foam, a prior tenant may've put it in the frame after the fact.

If the glass was replaced labels in the bottom corner (s) may not be
accurate as to the company.

I'm not really sure what OP's problem is. Original photos did not help
me.

On Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:54:38 PM UTC-4, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:48:18 -0700 (PDT), "

wrote:



On Jun 13, 11:12*am, Oren wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:37:01 -0700 (PDT), leza wang



wrote:

So I also removed the track but what i found underneath is a sponge strip! (please see pictures below). Now I guess I need to add new sponge strip on the top of this one or install a new one (not sure from where I can buy them). Any advice would be very much appreciated as always.



http://tinypic.com/r/2ef7yia/5



http://tinypic.com/r/o90kfd/5



http://tinypic.com/r/23jr977/5



I've never seen foam used in this manner for windows. It sure seems

odd to me.



If you *look in the lower corner (s) of the glass, you may find a

manufacturer's name brand. Is so, contact them for information on the

foam.



Pursuant to the above, if there are other similar windows,

she could take a couple of those out and see what's there.



Good point to check another window or two. If they do not have the

foam, a prior tenant may've put it in the frame after the fact.



If the glass was replaced labels in the bottom corner (s) may not be

accurate as to the company.



I'm not really sure what OP's problem is. Original photos did not help

me.

Thanks for your reply. The problem I have with my bathroom window is the same problem this guy is having with his door (see video below please). The window is coming out (the sash is coming out)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdsmIBpb5WE

On Thursday, June 13, 2013 2:59:32 PM UTC-4, leza wang wrote:
On Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:54:38 PM UTC-4, Oren wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:48:18 -0700 (PDT), "



wrote:







On Jun 13, 11:12*am, Oren wrote:



On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:37:01 -0700 (PDT), leza wang







wrote:



So I also removed the track but what i found underneath is a sponge strip! (please see pictures below). Now I guess I need to add new sponge strip on the top of this one or install a new one (not sure from where I can buy them). Any advice would be very much appreciated as always.







http://tinypic.com/r/2ef7yia/5







http://tinypic.com/r/o90kfd/5







http://tinypic.com/r/23jr977/5







I've never seen foam used in this manner for windows. It sure seems



odd to me.







If you *look in the lower corner (s) of the glass, you may find a



manufacturer's name brand. Is so, contact them for information on the



foam.







Pursuant to the above, if there are other similar windows,



she could take a couple of those out and see what's there.







Good point to check another window or two. If they do not have the



foam, a prior tenant may've put it in the frame after the fact.







If the glass was replaced labels in the bottom corner (s) may not be



accurate as to the company.







I'm not really sure what OP's problem is. Original photos did not help



me.



Thanks for your reply. The problem I have with my bathroom window is the same problem this guy is having with his door (see video below please). The window is coming out (the sash is coming out)





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdsmIBpb5WE

Did the rain get in. And stop your mind from wandering? Sorry couldn't resist :-)

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:59:32 -0700 (PDT), leza wang
wrote:

Thanks for your reply. The problem I have with my bathroom window is the same problem this guy is having with his door (see video below please).
The window is coming out (the sash is coming out)

Do you have a 24 inch level?

As my friend said earlier; check and or replace rollers on the sash
bottom.

Nylon rollers are the best for the task.

Leza,

It's still not clear what your problem is. Does the window slip out of
the track because of the foam? I suspect that the foam is not intended by
the manufacterer. I'd recommend carefully removing the foam. Now buy the
sort of shim stock that is normally used to hang doors and windows. Cut two
pieces so that they adjust to the foam's thickness and will have the foam's
length and width. Substitute that for the foam and see if that fixes the
problem. Check for drafts, a bit of caulk might be wise, after you dry fit
the shims. You can also adjust the shims to be slightly thicker than the
foam, if that's the problem

Dave M.

On Jun 13, 6:22*pm, "David L. Martel" wrote:
Leza,

* *It's still not clear what your problem is. Does the window slip out of
the track because of the foam? I suspect that the foam is not intended by
the manufacterer. I'd recommend carefully removing the foam. Now buy the
sort of shim stock that is normally used to hang doors and windows. Cut two
pieces so that they adjust to the foam's thickness and will have the foam's
length and width. Substitute that for the foam and see if that fixes the
problem. Check for drafts, a bit of caulk might be wise, *after you dry fit
the shims. You can also adjust the shims to be slightly thicker than the
foam, if that's the problem

Dave M.

Or you could put a few layers of heavy non-corrugated cardboard in
where the foam was and then reinstall the foam to see if raising the
bottom track helps. You did not say that I could understand if the
sliding window/door is coming out of the track on the bottom or the
top track. If it is coming out on the bottom, that surely seems to
indicate worn or broken rollers. If it is coming out of the top track
it could be worn or broken rollers or it could be the foam has
compressed and the bottom track is not quite high enough to hold the
window into the upper track. The cardboard will help in that
situation.