Adjustment of plastic windows with your own hands

Replacement of insulating glass - one of the first stages of repair. However, the installation of plastic windows involves mandatory subsequent maintenance, such as self-adjustment of plastic windows for the winter or small repairs of plastic windows with your own hands. There are not many possible breakdowns of plastic windows, and the repair methods are fairly simple.

Adjustment of the plastic window clamping

The most common adjustment of plastic windows involves adjusting the pressure of the plastic windows, namely winter-summer adjustment. It is clear that in the winter time, the pressure of the window leafs should be stronger, in order to avoid drafts, and in summer it is better to loosen the clamp.

First you need to make sure that the adjustment of plastic windows is necessary. To do this, you can use a match lit at the closed window or a lighter - if there is a draft, then the flame will oscillate or even go out. So you

determine the tightness of the clip .If the adjustment of the pressing of the plastic window is necessary, it will be necessary to perform simple manipulations.

When opening the window, pay attention to its end .There you will find three eccentrics, which control the pressure of the plastic window, they are also called trunnions. Using hexahedron, eccentrics can be rotated, on video shows how to properly do it.

For a more tight clamp, rotate them a few millimeters to the left side so that the loosens the clamp to the right. The work is very simple, and you can easily adjust the plastic windows yourself. The main thing is to make sure that the density of the clamp is uniform, and for this purpose the eccentrics must be equally exposed.

It is worth paying attention to the significant nuance of adjusting the pressure of the plastic windows - for the first time make the minimum adjustment, as the sealing gums on the leaf eventually shrink and wear out, so the adjustment will have to be carried out again. If you immediately strongly press the leaf, the elastics will shrink faster, and after that no adjustment will help and will have to change the sealing tape.

This is also nothing complicated. The old rubber is simply removed, and the new one is installed in a special groove. The only thing you need to be careful with is not to stretch it too much, otherwise it will let in air.

Adjusting the handle of the plastic window

Perhaps you are in a situation where the window handle broke , and the window does not close. This is just one of the most common options for repairing plastic windows with your own hands.

Firstly, you will need to purchase a new handle - they are sold in any construction market and any firm-manufacturer sells accessories to plastic windows. Secondly, you need to remove the decorative panel that closes the pen holder to the window. To do this, just rotate it in any direction, and then simply unscrew the screws holding the old handle, and they also screw the new one.

Adjusting the accessories of plastic windows

If the window does not close because the handle does not turn , you can also repair the plastic window yourself. The problem in this case is that the handle was locked by the handle lock, when the window was open. Such blockers are installed by almost all manufacturers of plastic windows, in order to avoid breakage of the pens themselves. In this case, adjusting the plastic window hardware is quite simple.

Note that it is written on the very constipation. If there is an inscription AUBI , then you need to point the flap vertically, and then press the metal plate with the spring and turn the knob to the desired position.

If the lock is written GU, ROTO or other letters, you need to adjust the metal tab directly under the handle - push it and rotate parallel to the gasket.

Video adjustment of plastic windows with their own hands

For greater clarity, we offer you to look video adjustment of plastic windows.

We bring to your attention one more video instruction , which will help you to adjust the plastic windows for the winter, and also for the summer.

Adjusting the fittings:

When the slack adjustment does not help:

Elimination of blowing out of the rubber bands:

When the handle on the window does not close until the end: