Ouch!!!!!!

Well the priority job wasn't such a priority after all because it never got done. Two more windows did though. After spending all that time yesterday taking the window apart today we just removed  all the rubbers and it was obvious we were able to clean the windows and frames whilst intact.

Of course the windows were in pretty tight and to get them out Paul had to resort to a hammer and a piece of wood, I just knew what was going to happen and sure enough it did, index finger on his left hand got whacked by the hammer and he now has a blood blister the size of a two bob bit. No picking his nose today then……

 

When Paul removed the Clayton rubber which covers the fixing screws, due to a heavy dew last night it was noted that the water was laying in this channel with no means of escape, obviously over a period of time provided that the rubbers are of a good seal this channel would fill up and therefore the fixing screws whether they are sealed or not would be under water, allowing seepage into the wood fixing structure hence some of the dark stains we had on the inside wood frames.

Clayton rubber in fixing groove.

During the time the inner cills were being varnished and the windows being cleaned himself got thinking of how to get over the problem, this resulted in two 2mm holes being drilled adjacent to the bottom curvature of the window this obviously has to be done VERY carefully so as not to damage the outside of the window frame.

The trusty butter knife came into its own again this was placed on the outside edge of the frame so as the angle of the drill did not damage the inside edge of the frame. This will allow any water to drain from the lower  part of the frame, at this slight angle the exit of the hole is on a 5mm edge on the outside of the frame. Now as the one we did yesterday had not had this modification done it seemed point less in removing the window again, so this operation was done very carefully not only with the butter knife but with the aid of a piece of wood to stop the drill going through and marking the paintwork.

As you can just about see, accuracy is the key word to get the hole on this edge. Windows are now back in. If we have yet another heavy dew tonight in the morning Paul will remove the rubbers to inspect the modification.

When Paul next speaks to Channel Glaze he is going to advise them on what he has done and may be they can put this into their production programme. Of course this problem could arise on other makes of windows to which you may be getting an ingress of water without knowing  therefore it may be possible to carry out the same mod on other makes.