Hi,
I'm currently redecorating my kitchen, and have hit a tricky issue...well it's tricky for me as I haven't found a solution yet...but might be simple for someone else.
We have a small utility room, in which is a washing machine and a condensing tumble dryer. Due to the enclosed nature of the utility room and the humidity produced by the tumble dryer, we tend to open a window which is behind the dryer and washer. There is a gap between the two which we can squeeze into to get access to the window, but even then it is a bit tricky as the latches for the opening section of the window are quite high. It's a wooden framed window, with the hinged section being at the top of the window and across the full width of the window. It's currently secured by two standard latches.
The problem is, we intend to plonk a piece of old kitch worktop on top of the washer and dryer to provide a bit more workspace, however this would then prevent us from squeezing between the two appliances to reach the window.
I did consider buying somekind of remote opening device, but I never did find one suitable or within my budget (cheap), so I started thinking about adding a friction hinge (as per uPVC windows) and changing the latches for someting else that could be operated by a pole. However all the fritcion hinges I can see are only suitable for uPVC windows!
I even emailed a window specialist (www.handlestore.com) for advice and they just said friction hinges weren't suitable for wooden frames.
Surely I can't be the first person in the world to want to have my wooden window open on a friction hinge?
Any advice or experience would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Andy
I'm currently redecorating my kitchen, and have hit a tricky issue...well it's tricky for me as I haven't found a solution yet...but might be simple for someone else.
We have a small utility room, in which is a washing machine and a condensing tumble dryer. Due to the enclosed nature of the utility room and the humidity produced by the tumble dryer, we tend to open a window which is behind the dryer and washer. There is a gap between the two which we can squeeze into to get access to the window, but even then it is a bit tricky as the latches for the opening section of the window are quite high. It's a wooden framed window, with the hinged section being at the top of the window and across the full width of the window. It's currently secured by two standard latches.
The problem is, we intend to plonk a piece of old kitch worktop on top of the washer and dryer to provide a bit more workspace, however this would then prevent us from squeezing between the two appliances to reach the window.
I did consider buying somekind of remote opening device, but I never did find one suitable or within my budget (cheap), so I started thinking about adding a friction hinge (as per uPVC windows) and changing the latches for someting else that could be operated by a pole. However all the fritcion hinges I can see are only suitable for uPVC windows!
I even emailed a window specialist (www.handlestore.com) for advice and they just said friction hinges weren't suitable for wooden frames.
Surely I can't be the first person in the world to want to have my wooden window open on a friction hinge?
Any advice or experience would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Andy
