Wooden Frame Window Stays

[danhennessy]

Hi,

I hope somebody on here can help me . . .

I've recently moved to a house which has wooden frame double glazed windows. The house is 15 years old and the windows are all in need of refurbishment & repaint etc, which I am just about to start. One problem I am having is finding a suitable replacement stay. The current stays are mostly defective as the internals have come apart meaning the window doesn't shut tight and lets draught in.

The stays are a specific type which I unfortunately don't know the name of, meaning finding a replacement is very hard. The latch part that screws to the frame does not have a flat bottom, it has a kind of curved bottom edge that fits along the profile of the wooden quadrant bead. Hard to explain so I have uploaded a few pictures.


Please can somebody tell me if this is a specific brand or type of window stay so I can find some new ones? Your help is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.

 

[crank39]

I think you'll be very lucky now to get anything like, I believe they are John carr windows, John carr no longer exists, them and Boulton and Paul were bought by rugby joinery many moons ago and I believe now it's all owned by jeld-wen

Search Google images for John carr window stays and you'll see the same sort of stays and keeps that are specific to that moulding of timber

 

[Gazman16]

They look identical to the handles I got on some Jenweld windows that I fitted about 4 years ago, It might be worth contacting them http://www.jeld-wen.co.uk/products/windows/products/

 

[danhennessy]

Thanks both for your help - I have now found a few suppliers who have these in stock.

 

[m-u-w_dick]

Hi, I am in the same position as Dan, I am looking for a supplier for replacement window stays and handles for a Barratts house built in 2001.

Dan, if you're still on here can you let me know what suppliers you found, I can't seem to find any.

Richard