How To Open Double Hung Windows From Inside

Grip the tilt latches sash releases and slide them inward while pulling toward.

How to open double hung windows from inside.

Charles benedict from hardy jensen gives a 90 tutorial on how to open a double hung window so that it can be clean from the inside of the home. Remove the screens from the windows. Raise the bottom sash up six to eight inches. When a double hung window just won t open the most likely culprit is a bad paint job but there are other possible perps.

Locate the tilt hatches on the window s bottom sash and pull inwards as though the hatches are meeting in the middle. How to clean double hung windows. Unlock and raise the lower sash three inches. Tilt the lower sash toward you at a 90 degree angle.

Gently pull the top of the lower window toward you until it is in a horizontal position. Squeeze the two tilt latches inward toward the window and hold. Open the lock located on top of the bottom sash to unlock the window. Slide the upper sash down until the top of it is within reach.

Tilt it in by pressing on one side of the jambliner and pulling that corner of the sash toward you and then do the same for the other side. Open a double hung window so that it can be. Completely unlock your windows by moving the latches on the bottom sash inwards. This will disengage the latches.

Steps for cleaning double hung windows. Here s how to open a stuck window and figure out who done it. Unlock and raise the lower sash 2 to 3 inches. Slowly tilt the window forward towards the interior of the home.