Tilt & Turn jammed in the closed position!!!

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We have an Anglian type tilt & turn and the window is jammed in the closed position apart from the top outer edge. The handle side is against the window jam and won't move so it must be virtually in it's locked position.

The handle won't move at all, tried a bit of force but didn't want to break anything. The handle is stuck between closed and the tilt position.

Is there anyway to get the window apart to see if I can repair the mechanism? Does the DG unit need to come out to gain access to the inside of the locking mechanisms?

Any help would really be appreciated.

Richard
 
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Taking the unit out will help to be able to bend the frame and force tools in the side to bash the locks open but it wont reveal any of the lock parts.
I would highly recommend getting someone in for this!!! Either a locksmith or window company as they will have insurance if they kill the window.

I have fixed a few before but they always scare the crap out of me that they are going to break. Also finding replacement locking gear can be a real pain too.
 
Tilt n turn mechanism replacement isn't for the faint hearted, if you've never done one then a T n T isn't the one to practice on, get a service engineer in, being anglian and i presume old then the chances of the mechanism being obselete would be very high, T n Turns don't scare me but if i can avoid them i will, opening, identifying, sourcing, ordering and spending half a day fitting it and setting it up could get somewhere close to the cost of a new window anyway, if its already an old window then the units may not have much life left in them either
 
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I'm no window fitter but had a problem on a job almost identical to this handle was jammed with window ever so slightly ajar.
Whether rightly or wrongly, gave it a good thump from the outside which knocked it in and sorted it.
 
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Hi Guys, thanks for all the advice.

Have now found a local engineer who appears to understand T & T. He has got it back in the closed position, but the corner bottom drive mechanism is still jammed. Sprayed some releasing fluid into it and will come back in about a weeks time to see if he can get it off the bottom locks.

Richard
 
We have had timber T&T windows for years. I had the occasional window half open rather than jammed closed when the mother-in-law in her wisdom turned the handle with the window not properly closed - she still has not learnt how to close them after years. German technology is too far advanced for her. There is a small lever on most T&Ts that indicates to the handle that it is safe to go from closed to either tilt or turn. I managed to gently nudge / wiggle the corners and work the handle and the mechanism went back into the normal positions. If you have another window with the same mechanism just look on the non hinge side of the window and you will see it. When in turn position push the lever and try to move the handle to turn and see what happens. This should give you a clue as to how to open the other window.
 
Unfortunately the window will only just move to the tilt position so you can't get to the bottom mechanisms which the window guy thinks are the ones that are jammed. I think he will be trying to get a thin metal punch or something similar from the outside with the window in the tilt position and hope that he can get the lock to move out of the lock keeper with the gentle persuasion from a hammer. If he can then the window should open fully and then get access to all the mechanisms.

Richard
 
Looking at our windows I can see this lever when the window is tilted and then I can depress it and the window swings open still being tilted.
 
OK, I'll take a look tomorrow as the window is in my daughters property. Is this the little lever that is sometimes called the 'mishandling' device when the mechanism has been put out of sync?

Richard
 
I had to google the term mishandling device, but I guess that is what I am talking about. We have 2 different types of T&T windows and these levers / devices are visible near the handle in the tilt position.
 
Hi, I know this is a very old thread but people still are finding it on Google search - like I did!

I read all the replies above but none would work for me. In the end I came up with another solution to my jammed tilt and turn doors. The top opened ok (tilt) but the bottom was jammed. I finally decided that if I could somehow unlock the left hand door by releasing the top and bottom bolts I might be able to open both doors together.

The top bolt was easy to open as the tilt opening was wide enough for me to get my hand in and pull the bolt down. But the lower bolt was inaccessible as the door was closed and jammed there. Luckily I have identical doors in another room so I could measure the height where the lower bolt was situated as I could not even see it on the jammed door.

So I measured on the jammed door and made an L shaped tool from very strong wire that I used to slide down between the doors at the bottom and hook around the lower bolt to pull it up. I leant on the left door a bit to ease the tension on the bolt. It worked like a charm and the doors were eased open in seconds!

I then found the cause of the jamming - the lower catch plate on the left door that the bolt on the right door slides into had come loose and slipped down so that when turning the handle that pushed the bolts down they were not now clearing the catch plate. A simple job to reposition the catch plate and tighten the grub screw and all fixed with door working perfectly again!

See pics attached. The one where you see my L shaped gadget hook on the lower bolt is for illustration only to show how it hooks on - when using the gadget for real you can't see what you are doing. Uh sorry in fact can't post pics some reason - please reply to forum if interested.

Hope that helps someone!
 

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