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DoubleF · 10-08-2020, 12:29 PM

To kinda piggy back on the windows discussion. I have a two part question.

I have a window on the second floor of my house original to the house. Sometime during the summer, the rubber seal turned basically to rock and the window wouldn't close. There was like almost a 0.5 to 1 cm gap around the window.

I ripped out a bunch of the rock hard seal and I can get the top closed now and I can activate the top windows latch lock to ensure the window doesn't accidentally pop open. But the bottom around the windows casement crank still has around half a CM gap. The casement crank somehow is hitting something I think and I've tried a few things to try and get it to close flush, but to no avail.

Question 1: Do I need to do anything extra with this window and if yes, how do I diagnose and fix it so it closes completely?

Question 2: For the rubber windows seal I ripped out, do I need to bother replacing it? (ie: some crappy foam To help prevent moisture getting into the wood window frame?)

I do plan on using those plastic window seal kits on it for the winter, but I just wanted to know if I'm going to get some serious problems with condensation and whatnot if there's that half a CM gap on the bottom.

10-08-2020, 12:29 PM	#3063
DoubleF Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2014 Exp:	To kinda piggy back on the windows discussion. I have a two part question. I have a window on the second floor of my house original to the house. Sometime during the summer, the rubber seal turned basically to rock and the window wouldn't close. There was like almost a 0.5 to 1 cm gap around the window. I ripped out a bunch of the rock hard seal and I can get the top closed now and I can activate the top windows latch lock to ensure the window doesn't accidentally pop open. But the bottom around the windows casement crank still has around half a CM gap. The casement crank somehow is hitting something I think and I've tried a few things to try and get it to close flush, but to no avail. Question 1: Do I need to do anything extra with this window and if yes, how do I diagnose and fix it so it closes completely? Question 2: For the rubber windows seal I ripped out, do I need to bother replacing it? (ie: some crappy foam To help prevent moisture getting into the wood window frame?) I do plan on using those plastic window seal kits on it for the winter, but I just wanted to know if I'm going to get some serious problems with condensation and whatnot if there's that half a CM gap on the bottom.