My 1990 property has softwood windows, which are regularly painted outside and which are in reasonable condition. However, they probably weren't the best quality when fitted and this is reflected in their age.
As I decorate each room I am planning to renovate the windows 'internally' and to fit new seals. The window in the picture seems to have been sanded at some point and the top edge is not level, at the end you can see the 'dip'.
This means that it only just meets the bottom edge of the seal and hence doesn't fit properly. Not a very good picture below, but shows the problem; I hasten to add that the window is ajar in this picture and not shut!!
I have fitted new hinges purchased from Screwfix, but there is no vertical adjustment and if I could lift the opening window up, it would create a similar problem at the bottom!
Two questions.
1. How could I repair the top of the window? Plane it flush and then add a strip to the correct height to make the seal? Any other method that would work?
2. The seals are like a fabric and there appears to be a rebate into which the seal is attached to the frame. Having never replaced anything like these before I don't know what the seals are called and are they glued in?
Thanks for your time.
PP
As I decorate each room I am planning to renovate the windows 'internally' and to fit new seals. The window in the picture seems to have been sanded at some point and the top edge is not level, at the end you can see the 'dip'.
This means that it only just meets the bottom edge of the seal and hence doesn't fit properly. Not a very good picture below, but shows the problem; I hasten to add that the window is ajar in this picture and not shut!!
I have fitted new hinges purchased from Screwfix, but there is no vertical adjustment and if I could lift the opening window up, it would create a similar problem at the bottom!
Two questions.
1. How could I repair the top of the window? Plane it flush and then add a strip to the correct height to make the seal? Any other method that would work?
2. The seals are like a fabric and there appears to be a rebate into which the seal is attached to the frame. Having never replaced anything like these before I don't know what the seals are called and are they glued in?
Thanks for your time.
PP