Window stay - variable opening with screw catch plus full opening

Apr 18, 2013 4 Replies

Fiddling with the window stay on our new bedroom large oak French window. It is a standard window stay with a limited opening, and also no secure clip down.



I had a 'moment' with a gust of wind which made me think the stay was not a secure way of fixing this window.



So - what I want.



A long robust stay which will allow constant variable opening - not just a few stops - and will also lock in any position. So far so good - there are such stays, usually the stay runs through an oblong opening with a screw on top to clamp it.



However these stays also seem to have an end stop which prevents the stay coming out of the clamp.



I want to be able to completely unhook the window and swing it right back against the outside wall like a shutter.



So does anyone know of a window stay which will meet both requirements?



Cheers



Dave R


Perfect time for the favorite answer in ukDIY.... ANGLE GRINDER.....

....applied to the end stop, sorted.

As long as there is also an angle un-grinder to refit the end stop.

I need a stay with an easily removable/refittable stop.

Cheers

Dave R

As above, then drill a hole in the end of the stay and put a nut and bolt through it?

I admit this may not be acceptable in some households.

"David WE Roberts" wrote

'kinell, do you want the moon on a stick too? :)

Mount the inner end of the slider stay jobby via an easily removable method... pin that can be pulled out, quarter turn screw or something?

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