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Originally Posted by Ducay
Ahhh, seems like a critical piece of info I was missing...... explains why I thought I was losing it 
So any ideas on how to secure a window where both sides have sliding tracks? |
My mom had a window like this and we (carefully) sunk a 3 inch screw through the corner window into the window frame.
The other option we considered was screwing a piece of wood (2x1 or something) inside the track where the outer window would slide. In retrospect this would have been easier, because we had a lot of trouble predrilling holes at the 45 degree angle for the other method. It would be a little less secure because someone could just unscrew the screws or smash the wood out, but if they are going through that much trouble they would probably just break the window.
edit: I also just remembered a house I used to live in as a kid that had a brace kinda thing that screwed into the frame that blocked that window from opening. Same kinda concept as the second method but probably wouldn't look as bad. These are also not that hard to bypass if you have time. It was how I let myself in if I forgot my key.