Anderson Casement Window Won't Open

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.

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John Sauve
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Call another Andersen dealer.Dundas wooden windows or HAS windows would be a good start.

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clare

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.

Use the LRT and spray into the mechanism.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

Why not skip the dealer and go to Anderson?

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micky

wd 40 is a drying agent and not a lubricant....

worse it turns to good when it dries up.

the wd 40 police will be watching your every move

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bob haller

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.

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trader_4

Here we go again...

Yes, WD-40 is a brand not a specific product.

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Rascus Washington III

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.

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trader_4

WD has been used as a lubricant for many years. It's totally effective, and was made for that.

Reply to
Stormin Mormon

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.

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Stormin Mormon

A brand of lubricant, for sure.

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Stormin Mormon

Many decades? You sure are a good example of why WD is a lubricant.

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Stormin Mormon

Yes, "WD-40 Specialist Protective White Lithium Grease" is clearly a lubricant.

But "WD-40 Specialist Industrial-Strength Degreaser", not so much.

Shirley you woodn't suggest the use of "WD-40 Specialist Industrial-Strength Degreaser" to lubricate a stuck window. ;-)

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Rascus Washington III

I'm shirl it would work fine. And stop calling me Shirley.

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Stormin Mormon

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:(

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bob haller

bob haller posted for all of us...

Not good for my head either...

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Tekkie®

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.

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micky

No! WD-40 is the brand. WD-40 offers a line of many different products. People *wrongly* refer to the "WD-40 Multi-Use Product" as WD-40.

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Mrs. Fussmeister

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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trader_4

Oh gosh, I once mistakenly tried to free up a stuck bolt with WD-40 spray on cyanoacrylate glue with rapid hardening. I was nuts.

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Stormin Mormon

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