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Broken window hinge

  • 22-01-2019 12:57pm
    #1
    Anthonylfc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭


    now at the min im just looking for a solution to close my window , its upstairs bedroom , ive 2 windows i can open , just this is stiff and won't budge , i just want to pull / close it so i don't need to open again

    i'm getting new windows in 7 weeks , but with the cold weather the room is freezing so any idea's ??

    quoted €110 to fix fook that


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  • #2
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    The hinges are a couple of quid. Drill it out if it won't unscrew (think its riveted in) and then rivet in a new one.

    If you buy all the tools you could do it for about €70.

    You normally need to remove the window completely to get the hinges off just to be able to get at the screws or rivets. Yours is top hung and these are the cheapest of hinges. This sort of hinge https://www.ie.screwfix.com/mila-ideal-window-friction-hinges-top-hung-250mm-pack-of-2.html but you can get them much cheaper.

    Edit> You could just force the window closed and then screw through the frame if its going to be replaced soon. You might need to grind/saw/hack the moving parts of the old hinge off first.


  • #3
    Anthonylfc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Anthonylfc


    i've no ladder and afraid of heights , so that's a no no from a ladder point of view

    in regards to drilling etc , i'm useless at DIY

    so i'm snookered it seems


  • #4
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Anthonylfc wrote: »
    i've no ladder and afraid of heights , so that's a no no from a ladder point of view

    in regards to drilling etc , i'm useless at DIY

    so i'm snookered it seems

    Labour wise the job shouldn't take a tradesman more than an hour and the materials cost is under a tenner.

    While €110 (if it includes VAT and materials) seems steep it isn't that bad when you include travelling time. Assuming this is a proper tradesmans quote and not some local bodger.


  • #5
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,358 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Anthonylfc wrote: »
    i've no ladder and afraid of heights , so that's a no no from a ladder point of view

    in regards to drilling etc , i'm useless at DIY

    so i'm snookered it seems

    You surely know someone that could cut a piece of plywood the size of the window frame and screw it on for you.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #6
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Anthonylfc wrote: »
    i've no ladder and afraid of heights , so that's a no no from a ladder point of view

    in regards to drilling etc , i'm useless at DIY

    so i'm snookered it seems

    That can be fixed from inside the house,just drill out the broken rivet,takes 2 minutes and put a screw in to replace it.
    WD 40 on the hinge too if it's seized.


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  • #7
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,358 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Cantona's Collars wrote: »
    That can be fixed from inside the house,just drill out the broken rivet,takes 2 minutes and put a screw in to replace it.
    WD 40 on the hinge too if it's seized.

    It's not as easy as you make it out to be to fix that hinge.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #8
    Anthonylfc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Anthonylfc


    my3cents wrote: »
    Labour wise the job shouldn't take a tradesman more than an hour and the materials cost is under a tenner.

    While €110 (if it includes VAT and materials) seems steep it isn't that bad when you include travelling time. Assuming this is a proper tradesmans quote and not some local bodger.


    cash in hand

    lives 2 mins away


  • #9
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    If those hinges are broken then the window often won't close at all. The problem is that they have plastic components that snap and completely destroy the geometry of the hinge so the corners of the window don't seat properly as the window starts to close making it so it can't be closed at all.


  • #10
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Anthonylfc wrote: »
    cash in hand

    lives 2 mins away

    Thats a rip off!


  • #11
    Anthonylfc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Anthonylfc


    my3cents wrote: »
    Thats a rip off!

    exactly

    i'm all for somebody making a living

    but a days wage for an hr ?

    names billy hunt not silly cnut


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  • #12
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Rows Grower wrote: »
    It's not as easy as you make it out to be to fix that hinge.

    I suppose,the op did say they weren't experienced. I would be able to do it but the op (no offense) maybe not.
    If the windows are being replaced,just take a grinder or hacksaw to the hinge,close the window and screw it shut.


  • #13
    notharrypotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭notharrypotter


    Hinge is likely just stiff. Silicone spray will probably solve it.
    Most people never lubricate the hinges of their windows after they are installed.


  • #14
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    notharrypotter wrote: »
    Hinge is likely just stiff. Silicone spray will probably solve it.
    Most people never lubricate the hinges of their windows after they are installed.

    Lack of lubrication and lack of cleaning was probably the cause but when they get old and a bit stiff the plastic sliding part often snaps and this kills the geometry of the hinge. Once snapped you can tip the window up and down but the part that pulls the window in to close it no longer works making closing the window impossible.


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