Plastic windows are recognized as the most economical and reliable in matters of heat preservation. Help to ensure the safety of heat in the house special sealing gaskets, located along the perimeter of the window frame. Timely replacement of the seal on the plastic windows ensures the absence of drafts and a drop in temperature in the room. The process of doing this work is quite simple, but it requires compulsory observance of the sequence of editing operations, as well as care and accuracy.
Contents
- Work order
- Video replacement of sealant on plastic windows
Work order
The first thing you need to do is to inspect the technical condition of the seal in the window. It is a tourniquet of a certain relief section, made of the most durable, heat-resistant materials.
Initially, the seal has fairly high performance. For example, a rubber seal of German production does not require replacement and will function properly for 8 years. A slightly smaller service life has a Russian-made sealer.
Even the slightest cracks on its surface, the more holes, damages, places of poor-quality connection with the surface of the window frame indicate the need to repair plastic windows and replace the sealant as soon as possible.
Having selected the necessary kind of sealant for your profile window, you can proceed with its installation. They are divided into two groups: on the window frame and on the very leaf of the window. Qualitative replacement of the sealant involves the replacement of both species at the same time.
You can get acquainted with the process of replacing the sealant on plastic windows, if you look at the photo of the repair work.
1. Start the installation work, you need to remove the window leaf from its place. It is not difficult to do this: tightly close the window on the handle, remove the outer cover from the upper canopy, knock out the core and remove the frame. Now the window remains fixed only on the lower canopy, from which it is easy to remove it, only slightly raising it.
2. Lay the sash of the window on the floor( or sofa) and pull out of its place a damaged rubber seal. It is enough to pick up the edge and it leaves freely. In the area of the upper hinge, it is necessary to slightly raise the fastener, since in this place the fastener serves as a seal for the sealant. Actually, for this purpose it was necessary to remove the window.
3. Clean or wipe the freed holes from dust, all kinds of contaminants.
4. We place in the window groove a new sealant similar to the previous one along the entire perimeter of the window frame. Do not tighten the rubber seal, becauseas a result of temperature fluctuations, the rubber is compressed / stretched, which can lead to the rupture of the whole harness of the seal.
Now you need to replace the seal on the window frame. The work plan is the same:
- remove the worn out material;
- cleans the place of dirt;
- we insert a tourniquet of a new sealant on the prepared place.
See how professionals replace the seal on plastic windows in the video - it's an opportunity to understand the whole process thoroughly. With such training, even a person far from repair work can brilliantly cope with the window warming of his house.
