help replacing window balancers

Question

see pictures. Metal portion is 14 inches long and 'hemmed' as one site called it. It is one half inch wide, but the plastic pieces on either end have 'wings' or 'flanges' that make the total insert 1 inch wide.

User submitted photos of a window balance.

Tom · Accepted Answer

Hey, thanks for posting. I've narrowed this down to two possible channel balance Series: either our Series 380 or our Series 385.

Now, as you can see, the only difference between these two Series is their bottom shoe. The Series 380 uses the 15-005 while the Series 385 uses the 15-004. I can't quite tell what you have based on your pictures, though. Please carefully compare their dimensions to your own hardware and see which is a better match.

Comparison of 15-004 and 15-005