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How to adjust an A&L Double Hung Window

Aluminium double hung windows are ideal for achieving a traditional look without the hassle of maintaining timber frames.

Aluminium double hung windows

What you’ll need to get started.

Before you begin, make sure you’re wearing the right safety gear for the site you are working on, and the tools you are using.

There are many reasons a product may need adjusting:

  • The house may have settled over time.
  • The original installation may have been slightly out.

All of our operable windows have built-in adjustment allowance to accommodate this.

The tools you will need are:

  • A drill with phillips head bit
  • Phillips head screw driver
  • A second pair of hands (depending on the size and weight of the product)

A cordless drill with a Phillips head bit is shown, labelled as needed for adjusting your A&L Double Hung Window. Text: TOOLS YOU WILL NEED: DRILL PHILLIPS HEAD BIT.

Before the adjustment.

Check the operation of the sash. If the internal sash needs adjusting, do so from the inside. If the external sash needs adjusting, do so from the outside.

A man in a red shirt adjusts an A&L Double Hung Window sash in a wooden frame under construction. Text: Adjust internal sash from inside – adjust external sash from outside.

Adjusting your A&L Double Hung Window.

To adjust the sash in question, use a phillips head screwdriver to tighten or loosen the screws located at the bottom of the sash.

A person adjusts screws at the bottom of an A&L Double Hung Window sash with a screwdriver, following instructions displayed below.

If the sash does not stay in the desired open or closed position, the screws may be too loose. Rotate them clockwise to tighten.  Alternatively, if the sash is too hard to open or close, they may be too tight. Rotate the screws anti-clockwise to loosen.

A person in a red shirt pushes up an A&L Double Hung Window sash that slides down, showing loose screws; text: try a window adjustment—screws might be too loose.

Adjustment must be made to the screws on both sides of the sash to keep it even.

A person in a red shirt installs an A&L Double Hung Window into a wooden wall frame with tools, carefully adjusting it, with a workbench nearby.

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