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How do I unlock this window?

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  • 15-06-2019 12:27pm
    #1
    Krieg
    Registered Users Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭


    3KITSOu
    https://imgur.com/3KITSOu
    Just moved into a new place. The top window opens but the bottom is locked and the key is missing. The latch moves only a few degrees and I have been told it was locked years ago.

    Anyone have any idea what kind of key I would need to open this?
    Where would the keyhole be?

    Thanks


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


    In your picture were does the key go? It just looks like a dirty old jammed up window closer to me.


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    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,868 ✭✭✭cletus


    Normally the key would go at the top of the handle where the silver circle is.

    Sometimes there isn't a key, have you checked to see if that circle is in fact a button. Try pushing it straight in, or if that doesn't work, try sliding it up or down, or left or right


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    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,727 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Those buttons just look like rivets.
    Op, have a look around a make sure the last person didn’t screw the window shut


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    Black_Knight
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    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Those buttons just look like rivets.
    Op, have a look around a make sure the last person didn’t screw the window shut

    Wouldn't explain the handle only moving a few degrees.


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    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,868 ✭✭✭cletus


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Those buttons just look like rivets.
    Op, have a look around a make sure the last person didn’t screw the window shut

    I'm talking about the silver circle at the pivot point of the handle, below the rivets


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    Cerco
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    Are there two separate panels?
    Looks to me like the piece with the two rivets is pressing down and preventing the handle/latch from turning.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    That’s not a locking handle.

    Does your other handle have those dots on it?

    41-A28327-31-C7-4-BBE-86-CE-024-F990572-D3.jpg


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    edunne2010
    Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭edunne2010


    I have the same type of window handle, just turn it to the right, use some WD 40 as it may just be seized from not opening.


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    Gen.Zhukov
    Registered Users Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭Gen.Zhukov


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    That’s not a locking handle.

    Does your other handle have those dots on it?

    41-A28327-31-C7-4-BBE-86-CE-024-F990572-D3.jpg

    I used to have similar handles to this in a previous house. They locked with a grub screw possibly at the lower 8 o'clock mark in this pic. If it is that, then it's an easy fix as op just needs the right size allen key (2 or 2.5mm) iirc.


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


    Come on OP we are all dying to know if you've manged to get some fresh air yet.


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