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Also insert the putty knife into the joint at the top and bottom of the sash. Set the blinds on a tabletop or countertop so that the lock mechanism with the open top of the head rail is accessible.

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This video will show you how to open a jammed upvc window lock mechanism.

How to unjam a window. Wearing leather work gloves and safety goggles push a 4 or 6 inch wide stiff blade putty knife into the joint between the sash and interior stop the thin vertical wood strip nailed to each side jamb. Opening the jammed upvc window moving the shoot bolt roller cam. But will try a hardware store or window store for a possible replacement strap slider assembly or whatever the thing is called.

Put the window handle in the open position. Lift up and out depending on your bracket configuration to remove the blinds from the window. This will move any working shootbolts to the open position.

More info and how to repair can be found at. Go to the bottom of the other side of the window frame and do the same. Method 1 wrap a cloth around a block of wood place it against the window frame at the bottom of one side and tap it gently with.

Unstick a stuck window. When the gearbox breaks it doesn t allow the shoot bolts and the roller cams to return to the open position and the window won t open. Insert a right angled tool just past where the shoot bolt roller cam is likely to be so the roller can be pulled towards the window handle see the images below.

On the right side of the blinds in the head rail note how the cords thread through the lock mechanism. The steel strap appears to be wound up inside a roller wheel inside the plastic piece that attaches to a pin on the bottom right of the bottom window. Go back and forth between both sides of the sash moving up until.