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Straight to the point and actually showed me what I needed to do instead of trying to cover a bunch of terms and not showing anything lol I just needed the dang visual and you gave it to me so thank you 👍
I got the balancers in then the window wouldn't fit back in. 😡 Put the old balancers back in and still couldn't get the window back in. 😡😡 Now I've taken the balancers out to get the window back in. 🤬
Pain in t but getting the window in an out of the pivot shoe. Trying to find the right angle but the shoe has a brake to keep it from moving up and down when tilted out.
Thanks for this video, it's super helpful! If I wanted to increase how far up my window can slide, would it be OK to reinstall the balance closer to the top edge of the window?
Worst design EVER. Totally planned obsolescence w a plastic wheel. Screw you and your company! I am gonna make a design w a metal wheel that lasts more than one week! Stay tuned
If you buy Anderson replacement windows, is it just the window part? Or is it the sash, frame box and all? The companies that sell these seem like they are hiding details.
My door opening is 10'. I couldn't find a supplier to sell a track cover in this length. How do I join two pieces of cover together to ensure a smooth transition?
I bought 20 of these. They are awful. The door still bangs. Even in the video this guy has a rubber stopper at the bottom corner of the door when it closes. Do not buy these
What a horrible design. You have to drill the damm thing just to get it off - And once you install the new one, its permanent, until you have to drill that one out too.
Built our house in 1996. Thought we were getting quality windows when we went with the Andersen Narrowline Double Hung. They have been pretty awful, namely the unreliability of the balance mechanisms. They gave us problems not long after installation and have continued to fail over the years. Definitely has soured me on considering Andersen products in the future.
I have this track system, but I don't have the ability to remove the front trim so easily. It is wood trim that may even be behind the other parts of the window sill - all oak. The back is also trapped in aluminum framing. Are there other options in removing and replacing, without taking all of the trim off?
I replaced with new weatherstrip, but they just don’t stay in place, keep sliding out when I open the window, anything I can do to keep them stay in the slot?
Another home owner able to figure out how to repair their windows thanks to a video on youtube. Incredibly appreciative of people and teams like yourselves who take the time to make these tutorials and publish them so that we can learn and then carry out these repairs. Thank you!
I can’t remove the window. There is no room for that. I could change the channel balancer for my window in the previous house, but not this house. All windows are big that couldn’t be out of the frames.
That technique works but is painfully slow. All you need is a 4" putty knife, a pair of pliers and side cutters. Using the pliers, grab the pile near an edge and pull up. Once it is out of the track, pull it at the end with the pliers. It will zip right out. New one install by inserting one edge and push the other in using the putty knife. work along the length like that. Cut to size when you approach the end and snap the last bit in.
