Fixing window hinge

zac8

I have a 6 year old Senator window which is hanging off one hinge when open as the screws have rusted and broken off the other hinge. Spoke to the builder who did the renovation and he said Senator would charge a few hundred to fix it. I'd like to try to fix it myself but the problem is that the screw heads have broken off leaving the body of each screw in the sill. Any ideas how I could get these out?

10-10-20

Hi, as the hinge is functional I'd prefer to re-drill the screw holes in a slightly different position using a HSS bit and then make a countersunk recess for the screwheads with a larger HSS bit. That way you can avoid removing those broken shanks.

You can normally get good quality self-tapper countersunk screws in the Suki range in Woodies.

The Continental Op

As above but I'd use stainless steel screws. Just a habit I've got into. Lidl regularly have multi packs of SS screws for under a tenner.

zac8

Thanks. Wouldn’t I need to adjust the position of the hinge on the window too then? Which would mean removing the window and i wouldn’t be comfortable doing that.

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120642893#Comment_120642893

If you get really close it may not make any difference but if you are handy with a drill you could make some new holes in the aluminium bar so it can be screwed back in exactly the same position.