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badstar ([personal profile] badstar) wrote2009-11-02 08:08 pm

HEEEEEEEEELLLLLP!

Okay folks, I have a bit of a problem.

I can't close one of my living room windows. It's stuck open, all the way. This causes two major concerns: one, cold air. It's pretty nice out right now, but it's supposed to drop down to like 45 tonight. Two: the cats. We have window screens, but they're the expandable/collapsible kind that you just pop in and out of the window when you open or shut it, and the window is stuck open a good four inches higher than the height of the screens.

These are those old sort of windows that are on chains. I *think* a chain is stuck or something, but I can't see anyhting wrong.

Got a call in to the landlord, but knowing our luck he's off on a business trip in the great white north.

If anyone knows what might be done, please let me know. Gavin isn't feeling well, so we're hanging out mostly in the bedroom at the moment, so I'm going to put my phone number in a locked post. If you're on my friends list and know what to do, give me a call. Otherwise, leave a comment and I'll just check email periodically.

[identity profile] ravenshrinkery.livejournal.com 2009-11-03 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know what to do for this, but you could try reposting this to [livejournal.com profile] hip_domestics - someone there might.
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[personal profile] falnfenix 2009-11-03 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
all i'm finding right now is a suggestion to use bar soap to slick up the sashes...there doesn't seem to be a lot of info on self-repair jobs for double hung windows.

i'll keep looking.

*edit* try a butter knife/putty knife/paint scraper in the sash? http://www.howtodothings.com/home-garden/simple-double-hung-window-repair


(i'd call but my voice has been gone all day, and whispering would be a pain in the patootie)
Edited 2009-11-03 03:09 (UTC)

[identity profile] bluedolfyn.livejournal.com 2009-11-03 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
The one time I got a window stuck that I couldn't do anything about, it had a lock-catch thingie on it that I had to pop in in order for it to go down past that point. Granted, these were old windows, original to the the late 1800s house that is my mum's, so I don't know if it would apply. Any luck getting the windows down?

[identity profile] dance-shiva.livejournal.com 2009-11-03 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Failing all else, put insulation or old blankets in a trash bag and duct tape this over the yawning gap until your super gets around to you.