HELP - with "beading" on double glazed unit

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:confused: Hi

Two years ago I brought a bathroom window from ScrewFix.

The next day ScewFix rang me to say that the window
company had just gone out of business and I can return
the window if I want.

I said no, because it had taken ages to find the right one.

When the window was delivered I checked everything was okay.

Today, is the first time I pulled it out of the garage to fit.

The window is a Top Opener and is external.

1 metre wide.

The last D/G window I fitted we removed all the sealed units
fitted the frame and popped everything back.

The fitting instructions for this unit are not that good, and
looked like they were for another design.

It did say to remove all the glass.

So I started on the top unit (opener) it was a pig.

After having to force the beading which marked the uPVC
I got the beading bars out, and placed them in what
position they came out.

The glass seems to be stuck in with black glue.

I have a feeling I was not supposed to remove this
top unit beading.

What I didn't do was to remember what order the beading
came out as I was struggling, and was prising what ever
would come out first.

The large sealed unit 'beading' came out without a problem,
including the glass.

THIS IS MY PROBLEM

The beading has a rubber seal attached - which should fit
snugly on the glass.

I have tried for hours all different ways with the beading,
but no matter what I do, one rubber seal always ends up about
2mm away from the glass.

This is because the beading is being pushed out of place.

At this stage I only have 3 sides on.

The problem seems to be the edge beading with the 'profile' cut out.

It is not a snug fit - therefore pushing all out of place.

Before I removed the beading I know that it was all correct, it is either
something I'm not doing right OR this top unit was fitted in the factory
and the beading was forced under pressure.

Does anyone have any ideas, tips etc, on how I might get around this.

Although I have tried every permutation, is there a correct order for
putting the beading back?

As you will appreciate, I need the rubber seal to make contact with the
glass all round because this side is towards the elements.

Many thanks in advance.

Stephen
 
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Start with the shorter beads first as you can bend the longer ones in easier, can you post a picture on here of the cross section and i'll tell you how they go in
 
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I like your style .... two years to get around to doing some DIY. Cool :cool:

Tell my missus it's not just me
 
A cross section pic would help but i can already see that it goes in at the back first and the front just knocks down, granted the short ones can be a bit difficult but you kind of need to tilt the back of the bead so that the long tongue slides under a lip and into a groove and the front just knocks down and locks in place, a pair of strong hands and/or a plastic mallet will do it
 
You won`t get that in as it is.
As crank said:-
Put the shortest beads in first and make sure they are tapped right home into the recess. Then get each longer bead and put one corner in place and then BOW the bead in situ and get the other corner in ( don`t wory about the middle of the bead). Now tap home each corner back to the middle of the bead and it will clip in place. Same with the other longer length. Don`t be frightened of giving it a nice tap with a piece of wood on bead to strike.
That picture though looks to me like that bottom bead is not home into its housing properly. Tap it home first if it isn`t.
Regards
 
You won`t get that in as it is.
As crank said:-
Put the shortest beads in first and make sure they are tapped right home into the recess. Then get each longer bead and put one corner in place and then BOW the bead in situ and get the other corner in ( don`t wory about the middle of the bead). Now tap home each corner back to the middle of the bead and it will clip in place. Same with the other longer length. Don`t be frightened of giving it a nice tap with a piece of wood on bead to strike.
That picture though looks to me like that bottom bead is not home into its housing properly. Tap it home first if it isn`t.
Regards

Unfortunately Ambi the corners aren't mitred but instead scribed so as far as the top opener goes then the top and bottom beads HAVE to go in first leaving you no choice but put the short ones in last but i agree always put the short ones in first where poss
 
Put a bit of plastic/wood in the centre of the short bead and force them nto each corner and get them started in the recess)both corners even a bit. Remove plastic/wood and tap home!
 
:D UPDATE / SOLUTION

Thanks for everyone's help.

This is what it turned out to be;

The window packers were sitting on top of the black
adhesive tape - which mean they were not proud of
the glass by about 2mm - when I took the packers out
the beads went in no problem but the beads were loose.

The packers were stopping the 'clip' section of the beading
making contact with the groove.

I trimmed the adhesive and the packers fell into the side of
the sealed unit 'inline' with the top of the glass.

The beading was still a real pain to get in
(I don't have a mallet - and wood/hammer just bounced off).

It took a lot of wrist pressure but in the end they have all
gone back in as they should.

On this particular window it was top/bottom first and
then the side beading's last.

You live and learn.

Thanks again.
 

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