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| around_the_home [2021.09.23 05:53] – [Making Hard-to-Open Vinyl Windows Slide Easily] Steve Isenberg | around_the_home [2021.09.23 05:57] – [Making Hard-to-Open Vinyl Windows Slide Easily] Steve Isenberg | ||
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| You have multiple pane replacement vinyl windows and they have become very hard to open. You are not alone. | You have multiple pane replacement vinyl windows and they have become very hard to open. You are not alone. | ||
| - | Summary of steps from the Know How Now video.\\ | + | Summary of steps from the Know How Now video. |
| Have on hand: | Have on hand: | ||
| * Soapy water | * Soapy water | ||
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| * Paper towels | * Paper towels | ||
| - | Fixing them | + | Here's what to do: |
| - Use soapy water to clean up and down the tracks on either side. Also clean the screen tracks. | - Use soapy water to clean up and down the tracks on either side. Also clean the screen tracks. | ||
| - Apply silicone spray to the areas that were cleaned | - Apply silicone spray to the areas that were cleaned | ||
| * Avoid getting any on the window glass | * Avoid getting any on the window glass | ||
| - | * If this fixes the problem then you are done. Continue if you still have issues.\\ | + | * If this fixes the problem then you are done. Continue if you still have issues. |
| - Lift window up from frame. Push the spring-loaded tilt releases on left and right, tilt in the window. | - Lift window up from frame. Push the spring-loaded tilt releases on left and right, tilt in the window. | ||
| - Spray WD-40 on paper towel till it's soaked | - Spray WD-40 on paper towel till it's soaked | ||
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| - You are done! | - You are done! | ||
| - | If sash is still hard to lift or flies up by itself, there is a tool you can use to adjust the sprials. | + | //If sash is still hard to lift or flies up by itself, there is a tool you can use to adjust the spirals.// |
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