Comments on: Etc. http://ranchredo.blogsome.com/2006/01/23/etc-2/ Renovation of our 1951 Ranch Home in Oregon Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:04:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: John http://ranchredo.blogsome.com/2006/01/23/etc-2/#comment-36 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:49:31 +0000 http://ranchredo.blogsome.com/2006/01/23/etc-2/#comment-36 I'm not exactly sure what you mean by down. I assume you mean that you would like to take the whole top sash so you can paint it, correct? With out double hung windows, we had to take out the bottom, interior window first. We had to carefully pry the side trim off the window to free the interior sash. Behind the interior sash, the is a stop (I forget if that is the technical name for it). The stop is a narrow piece of wood that runs between the two sashes. These can be pried out if the previous owner hasn't nailed them in or painted over them 20 times. If the have, take your time working them out. Once you've pried one (or both) out, the upper, outer sash should pull free (thought it helps if you untie or unchain it from the weights). I hope that helps some. - John I’m not exactly sure what you mean by down. I assume you mean that you would like to take the whole top sash so you can paint it, correct?

With out double hung windows, we had to take out the bottom, interior window first. We had to carefully pry the side trim off the window to free the interior sash. Behind the interior sash, the is a stop (I forget if that is the technical name for it). The stop is a narrow piece of wood that runs between the two sashes. These can be pried out if the previous owner hasn’t nailed them in or painted over them 20 times. If the have, take your time working them out. Once you’ve pried one (or both) out, the upper, outer sash should pull free (thought it helps if you untie or unchain it from the weights).

I hope that helps some.

- John

]]> by: ben http://ranchredo.blogsome.com/2006/01/23/etc-2/#comment-35 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 04:26:26 +0000 http://ranchredo.blogsome.com/2006/01/23/etc-2/#comment-35 The top sash should slide up and down just like the bottom one. If not, then it's painted shut. The top sash should slide up and down just like the bottom one. If not, then it’s painted shut.

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