How Do You Replace Broken Window Sash Cords?
Older windows that use weights inside the window frame sometimes need the cords replaced. The job’s not too difficult in most cases. Replace the Sash Cords Step 1 Once you have the well open you can remove the sash weights. Remove any rope that’s still attached to the weights. This would also be a good time to clean out the wells – they’re a favorite nesting place for wasps and hornets. Remove any nests you find and give the well a good spray of an environmentally safe residual insecticide. Step 2 Set the sash weights back into the bottom of the well. Place them on a block of wood about 3 or 4 inches thick. (Once everything is back together this space will keep the weights from “bottoming out” when you open the window all the way; it will also compensate for rope stretch.) Step 3 Thread the new rope through the pulley opening near the top of the window jamb and down to the weights. Step 4 Tie the weights onto the end of the rope. The window sash end of the rope should extend about 2 or
Older windows that use weights inside the window frame sometimes need the cords replaced. The job’s not too difficult in most cases. Once you have the well open you can remove the sash weights. Remove any rope that’s still attached to the weights. This would also be a good time to clean out the wells – they’re a favorite nesting place for wasps and hornets. Remove any nests you find and give the well a good spray of an environmentally safe residual insecticide. Set the sash weights back into the bottom of the well. Place them on a block of wood about 3 or 4 inches thick. (Once everything is back together this space will keep the weights from “bottoming out” when you open the window all the way; it will also compensate for rope stretch.) Thread the new rope through the pulley opening near the top of the window jamb and down to the weights. Tie the weights onto the end of the rope. The window sash end of the rope should extend about 2 or 3 inches past the pulley hole. It usually gets a s
