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UPVC window bead identification please
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That looks like a very old HW Plastics (Heywood Williams) but they've long gone 20 years ago or so, window is likely to be an early 90's window so parts are going to be obsolete by now, no one is going to be manufacturing windows with that now so you have zero chance of finding any. What sort of damage have you caused to the bead, is it the rubber that you've pulled off?
Thank you @crank39 for replying at least I know now.. I had a builder do it for me and basically they snapped pieces of it off so it's basically unusable in places.. Think they must have removed the rubber badly big pile of it in corner of room. Bad choice of workman sadly who said he could it np but not the case. Is there any substitute beading or an alternative at all please?
With some of the older plastic windows, it is IMO best practice to warm the beading to be removed before starting. You might be lucky by visiting a glazier/window replacement chap and ask if he has any old beading of that style he could pass on to you.
Thanks Scally Ho - sadly I have tried this and its a no - as Crank39 said I guess because its so aged no one stocks it - Madly, I wondered if you might be able to 3D print it?? I really don't want to have to buy a replacement window as its temporary whilst waiting for PP - Can you use sealant of any kind just to keep the windows appearing to be secure ?
It's not so mad, nothing stopping it being 3D printed except for the logistics, that is someone needed to create the 3D file, then find someone with a suitable printer, you can obviously pay someone to both create the 3D file and/or print it or sometimes there are local facebookers with a printer who don't mind volunteering their kit/time. I think someone on here has done the odd bit for the cost of the postage. Pretty sure you can use sketchup to create the 3D object file you would need to print with but would need to be very accurate.
IMO any type of sealant can be detected without any close scrutiny and as your windows are retained from the outside, any opportunist scrote with a sharp object could pop one of your DG units out without too much bother. As you are planning to replace your windows, what about retaining that sealed DG unit by carefully screwing into the frame and then covering with a smooth troweled finish to the mastic. Anything has to be better than leaving that window as it is without complete external beading. . . OR securing with wooden quadrant and sealant as a temporary measure.
Thanks @Scally-Ho thats a really helpful suggestion - wooden quadrant ? and you mean screwing the beading into the frame?
Yes, and by using a narrow-gauge screw of a length to pass well into the frame, it will deter any opportunist scrote looking for vulnerable windows. By quadrant I mean a suitably small gauge of 1/4 round hard(ish) wood as the retaining beading. Pre drill the quadrant before fixing and you should not experience nay splitting from the screws.
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Could visit local tip too... sometimes they have old windows people have taken out themselves
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