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My window keeps falling down...video included - davemchine - 04-19-2025
I'm hoping there is an expert in the house. Normally I slide the window up and it stays up. Now it just drops back down. There is a metal coil inside the frame (both sides) that may be the problem but I don't know how to fix it. Thanks for any advice.
https://colquhoun.info/public/window1.mov https://colquhoun.info/public/window2.mov
Re: My window keeps falling down...video included - special - 04-19-2025
there should be a counterweight (or a Spring?) behind the frame that should hold the window up. When I bought the house and we had 35 year old windows, some of the windows had this problem, but instead of fixing them, since we had some rot, ad replaced and used energy efficient windows.
looking at your windows, it seems they are vinyl or fiberglass and I think the principle is the same but I am not sure how you would open the frame to replace the broken spring. maybe search for clues on YouTube?
Re: My window keeps falling down...video included - special - 04-19-2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NbmUQjhDQ4
Re: My window keeps falling down...video included - special - 04-19-2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwYnrVDDKzQ&t=26s
Re: My window keeps falling down...video included - Cary - 04-19-2025
Special, good video (the first).
I was going to try to explain that by typing a whole bunch of words. That video did the job succinctly…
Re: My window keeps falling down...video included - hal - 04-19-2025
Cary wrote:
Special, good video (the first).
I was going to try to explain that by typing a whole bunch of words. That video did the job succinctly…
that's my kinda video!
34 subscribers, 1:40 total time and explained the fix FULLY.
If it was 340,000 subscribers, it would have been 15min with lots of nonsense obscuring the info that you need. And maybe some AI narration just to piss you off.
Re: My window keeps falling down...video included - davemchine - 04-20-2025
Thank you for the videos. It showed the problem very well. Mine is busted and will need a replacement part. Thanks again.
Re: My window keeps falling down...video included - RAMd®d - 04-20-2025
Damn.
Same old, same old...
Can't see the video because of 2min ads that can't be skipped.
uBlock, adBlock, adBlockPlus seem to welcome them in.
Reloading only gets more My friends laughed when I drank cold water to lose weight...
and reloading got the same ad but with My friends laughed when I drank warm water...
Re: My window keeps falling down...video included - special - 04-20-2025
is YouTube without premium that bad?
Re: My window keeps falling down...video included - RAMd®d - 04-20-2025
Horrific.