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Paul from SWISCO responded:
June 11, 2020
Your top sash guide isn't made anymore, but the 18-066 is the part made to replace it. I feel confident this will work for you. |
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Paul from SWISCO responded:
June 12, 2020
Thank you for your purchase. We would love to hear how they work out! |
Hi Paul, I have another question for you. The parts arrived today, and unfortunately they did not all fit on my windows. I had one fit, and I can see the problem with the others. In the picture of the window below, there is a black strip of plastic or hardened rubber that runs all the way to the top of the window. If I cut that plastic below the height of the sash guide, the sash guide will fit. Do you happen to know what that piece of plastic/rubber is called that runs inside the window? One of my windows had part of this black piece missing at the top, so the sash guide fit perfectly and is doing the job. If i cut out the top inch of this black piece on the other windows, the sash guide will fit.
I am also curious, will new channel balances help make the windows smoother/easier to open? The windows are hard to open and close and it looks like the spring in the balance is rather rusted/old....I am not sure if these windows should require this much force to open or close, and if a new balance would help?
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Paul from SWISCO responded:
June 12, 2020
The back vinyl inlay is there to cut down on the condensation of the sash. Cutting off a small piece to fit the 18-066 will not compromise the window function. As for the side load balance, General Aluminum Windows typically uses our Series 351. This has a 19-002 top fitting and 15-002 bottom fitting attached. As long as those match up then the Series 351 should work well for you. |
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Paul from SWISCO responded:
June 15, 2020
Thank you so much! That's very kind of you. Good luck with your project and please let me know if I can be of any help in the future. |
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