How to renovate windows with your own hands

Nothing forever in this world. Windows, unfortunately, no exception. The time comes when, ideally, they need to be replaced. True, this possibility is not always. The only way out in such a situation is the restoration of windows.

This process, sometimes, extends the life of old windows for several years. But, first of all, you should familiarize yourself with the theory. The windows are wooden and metal-plastic, and the technology of restoration of such windows is different. Consider both options.

Restoration of wooden windows

Major problems of old wooden windows

1. Fractional formation.
2. Rama deformation.
3. Disintegrating compounds.

What do you need?

Instruments

• grinding machine (sandpaper);
• construction hairdryer;
• electric drill;
• drill;
• screwdrivers;
• putty knife;
• brushes;
• hammer;
• small carnations;
• stationery knife.

Materials

• primer;
• putty;
• dye;
• silicone sealant;
• glue for working with wood;
• strokes;
• accessories.

Stroke work

1. Remove the frames.
2. Remove all accessories and disconnect the window.
3. Carefully remove the glass glass.
4. Remove the remains of the old paint with a construction hairdryer. It will effectively remove the traces of the former coating, without damaging the wood of the window frame. But for the lack of such an apparatus, for these purposes, you can use the grinding machine or chemical means based on the solvent.
5. Purified surface sanding with grinding machine.
6. Sproute the surface of the frame and let it dry well.
7. Get out the putty all large cracks and chips.
8. Distributed compounds in the corners of the frame pour with special glue.
9. Sweep.
10. Collect again.
11. Apply putty on the entire surface to hide and small cracks.
12. Last time span, smoothing irregularities.
13. Process the design of the primer.
14. After drying, proceed to the color. Select the paint water-repellent, resistant to external influences. Polymer paints are suitable for restoration. They are tremendous, form a kind of plastic coating.
15. After complete drying of the frame, insert the glass backwards, "putting" them on the sealant to enhance thermal insulation.
16. By the same sealant, secure the strokes, fixing them with small cloves with a hammer.
17. After drying, we remove the surplus of the sealant with a regular stationery knife.
18. Return to the place removed accessories (or install a new one), make a window.
19. Mount the frame into the window opening.

Restoration of the windows. Swedish technology

The features of the restoration of the Swedish technology

1. Presence Technology groove around the perimeter of the window.
2. The tubular silicone rubber, laid in the groove.
3. Application silakrilovogo sealant at "landing" of glasses.

But it is in Sweden! We are not so simple. Domestic windows require careful fit, sometimes even extension with plates to reduce existing gaps. Today, liquid foam is also effectively used to eliminate such gaps. Ultimately, Swedish technology is a number of activities aimed at achieving perfect sealing. It provides for the use of sealants and additional thermal insulators, as well as adjusting accessories.

Advantages of this technology

1. Reliable sealing of a window structure.
2. Elimination of fogging and frosting glass in winter.

Restoration of windows with the use of Swedish technology is quite possible and with their own hands in the presence of a certain experience of such work, but more reliably attract specialists to this process.

Restoration of windows plastic

The problems most often arising from the operation of metal-plastic windows

1. Damage to the glass.
2. The breakdown of the handle (broke, jammed, turns not to the end, etc.).
3. Problems with the seal (draft).

Breakdown knob

Replacing, failed, handles

1. Turn at an angle of 90 ° plate at the base of the handle hiding fasteners.
2. Using a screwdriver, unscrew the screws and remove from the holes.
3. Remove the free handle.
4. The same screws screw the new handle purchased in advance.

Knob jamble

It happens that the window cannot be closed due to the handle blocked in the wrong position. Similar to that block, worked by chance. Look for the item provided for emergency unlocking. Depending on the brand of fittings, it can be:

1. Thin iron plate with spring, located in the area of \u200b\u200bthe handle.
2. The iron tongue under the handle at an angle to the frame.

Having found such a detail, push it carefully and try to check the handle. If it does not help, check the vertical of the sash. Located at the angle of the sash will also be blocked. Align it and repeat the operation.

In the second case, the situation is often found when due to the temperature drops, the parts of the fittings occurs, and the tongue does not engage for the desired detail due to its displacement. Here it is necessary to act as follows:

1. Open the window.
2. Find the element with which the metal tongue should contact.
3. Unscrew a pair of cogs in this element.
4. Insert the thin gasket between the reference element and the clutch recovery frame.

The handle turns not completely

The most common causes of malfunction:

1. Dried grease. Purchase the penetrating lubricant of the universal purpose and lubricate all the moving parts of the mechanism.
2. Checked sash. If after lubrication the problem did not disappear, then the loops adjusting screws should be supplied. To do this, remove the decorative lid of the bottom loop, and, lifting the sash, tighten the screw with a hexagon key. Repeat the same with the top loop.

Problems with the seal

In most models, the problem of drafts from under the sealer is solved by adjusting the moving element of the response plates.

1. Find the connector on the response plate corresponding to the shape of hexagon number 4.
2. Insert the key to the detected connector.
3. Relieve the key in different directions by choosing the desired position of the moving element.

Damage to glass

Broken double glazing is replaced. Do not look for another output. Immediately refuse the services of specialists offering to take the crack, because When the package is deployed, the silica gel, located inside the window, begins to absorb moisture outside. As a result, after sticking, the damage will turn out the window, due to the separation of condensate.

The best solution in this case, order a similar replacement from the manufacturer's company.

What you need

• rubber cizyanka;
• putty knife;
• chisel.

Stroke work

1. In place of the junction of the stroke and frames in the center of the frame, insert the trowel and lightly hitting the Cyanka on it, the patch of the stroke.
2. Consistently repeat this operation until you free up the window from all the strokes.
3. Remove the double-glazed windows from the frame with the help of the chisel.
4. Insert the new glass unit ordered by the previously made measurements on the adjustment plastic plates.

More information about the repair of plastic windows you can learn from the video:

We really hope that this article will break the light on some ambiguities in the process of restoration of windows, and you master its independent embodiment. However, if there are doubts about skills and abilities in this area, it is better to contact a specialized firm.