Hi There, We have a Anderson Casement Window in our second floor washroom. It seems t o be sticking on the upper inner latch and won't release and open. The bott om releases fine. The window is about five years old. Anderson service thro ugh the dealer we bought it from in Toronto is non existent. If someone cou ld advise me, I'd be much obliged.
floor washroom. It seems to be sticking on the upper inner latch and won't release and open. The bottom releases fine. The window is about five years old. Anderson service through the dealer we bought it from in Toronto is non existent. If someone could advise me, I'd be much obliged.
If it doesn't move, but should, apply WD-40.
BTW, WD is a lubricant, and I'm sticking to my story no matter what.
to be sticking on the upper inner latch and won't release and open. The bo ttom releases fine. The window is about five years old. Anderson service th rough the dealer we bought it from in Toronto is non existent. If someone c ould advise me, I'd be much obliged.
Have you tried gently pushinging the window, while jiggling the latch? I'm assuming the latch opens, but the window is still caught on it? That happens on mine once in awhile and just jiggling the latch a bit, pushing on the window a bit works. You don't want to push it far, just enough to get it off the latch. There should be enough play in the mechanism to allow that.
Wd-40 is certainly a lubricant. There may be better lubricants for given applications, it's not appropriate for all applications, etc. But it is a thin oil based lubricant. And it's worked for me for many decades.
Second floor can be a challenge. But some crank out windows, you have to push the edge of the window from outdoors, to get the latch to work. I used to do that a parents house, on the first floor. Go around with a cane with rubber tip while Mom worked the inside latch.
to be sticking on the upper inner latch and won't release and open. The bo ttom releases fine. The window is about five years old. Anderson service th rough the dealer we bought it from in Toronto is non existent. If someone c ould advise me, I'd be much obliged.
years ago a buddy of mine worked for every dennison, repairing pricing mach ines.
they got a new tech who went around spraying wd 40 in the pricing area, tha t printed the tags.
by the time they realized what he was doing they had to pull techs from all over the country, to dissemble wash out in special degreaser and put the u nits back together. each unit took around 5 hours, and this was on the comp anies dime. theyhad over 50 units to rebuild...
and it was all time sensitive, entire stores couldnt put out new merchandis e till the wd 40 was eradicated.
the tech demoed how well it lubricaded the units, but within 4 days they al l jammed tight.
this wasnt a good start for a new job, seems he was told do not use wd 40 b ut ignored the trainers advice.
he got fired not long after for more mistakes.......
so use it but you were warned..
light oil is cheap, safe and effective....... think zoom spout oiler.
since were on this lubrication subject, never mix greases!
like white with brown, what forms over time is rock, and thats not good for lubrication:(
WD-40 is a brand and a specific product. Why someone would argue otherwise I don't understand. I don't know the name they use for the product now, but whatever they made, probably first, that comes in an aerosol can and is a light lubricant is the product referred to when people say WD-40. That's a more common use than using it as a brand is.
Sorry, I agree with Micky on this one. If you just say "try some WD-40", it's clear to me and I think 99% of people that know of the product, that you're talking about the WD-40 lubricant, which is by far their most widely known and widely used product. Do you really think someone means their bike wash product?
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