You might be able to get by with wither using a (moving) heat gun to warm the vinyl enough to pry out, or just to cut into the far side of the track. If cutting only one track works, leave the room-side of the track uncut, so that the sash doesn't wiggle or want to fall in!
Dang. This video would've HELPED us if we found your video much sooner. We found your video the day we repaired our front vinyl window. Used wire clips and a utility knife.
Cutting only the flange closest to the glass is necessary to remove a pivot shoe. Cutting both flanges will cause the tilt latches to jamb up when the sash is raised.
Replacing the pivot balance shoe - each one seems to be "tuned" to the weight of the sash. Too bad when I bought these windows (20 years ago) to know this so I would have been able to buy spares of the appropriate strength. These windows have never been working well. (the previous windows were 64 years old)
I really didn't want to cut out a hole and now I know I must. Yikes. Thank you very much for your demo.
You might be able to get by with wither using a (moving) heat gun to warm the vinyl enough to pry out, or just to cut into the far side of the track. If cutting only one track works, leave the room-side of the track uncut, so that the sash doesn't wiggle or want to fall in!
Dang. This video would've HELPED us if we found your video much sooner. We found your video the day we repaired our front vinyl window. Used wire clips and a utility knife.
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Cutting only the flange closest to the glass is necessary to remove a pivot shoe. Cutting both flanges will cause the tilt latches to jamb up when the sash is raised.
I have a shoe which I can’t remove .. there’s a cut out but I can’t grab it . I don’t want to damage frame.
Replacing the pivot balance shoe - each one seems to be "tuned" to the weight of the sash. Too bad when I bought these windows (20 years ago) to know this so I would have been able to buy spares of the appropriate strength. These windows have never been working well. (the previous windows were 64 years old)
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