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what type of window track needs to be pushed in to remove window

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Posted by growingadvice (My Page) on
Fri, Nov 11, 11 at 23:48

hello,
I live in a home built 20 years ago. I have double hung wood windows whose sash/track? is this plastic aluminum material which seems to be spring loaded. It looks like what you do is press the sash in, and you can remove the window.
The problem is that I dont want to try it, and break something bc I was doing it wrong.
I've been trying to find a video on removing/replacing such a window, however i have been unsuccessful.
am I using the right term?
thanks.

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Some wood windows are designed that way. The track on one side has springs in it to "tighten" up the sashes. You are right on pushing the track in and the sash will release. Becarefull as there are springs attached to the sash as well and you will need to detach them to remove the sash.

The plastic may be brittle, so just be carefull about that.

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If you need to replace them they would be different for each window manufacturer but they were commonly call a "compression jamb liner".

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