How is a sash case normally fixed to the wall?

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Dear Experts,

How is a sash window case normally fixed to the wall? I have taken down some internal plasterboard wall lining in order to rebuilt it with insulation, and I was surprised to find that nothing much was supporting the window! It had been propped by the studwork. Wouldn't there normally be fixings into the masonry at the top? I guess the sides aren't possible because that's where the weights are.

I also now worry about whether I need to do something about the sand mastic. It was fine until I discovered that the window was not solidly attached when it almost fell in on me... having been pulled apart, does it now need to be replaced?

Photo attached. The wall is very old, but at some point this was a doorway and has been modified into a window with bricks below.


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I guess the sides aren't possible because that's where the weights are.
I would expect to find fixings into the walls behind the weights. Any reason you can't drill/plug the walls behind the weights?
 

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