is there a standard method to keep these types of doors unlocked during the day. Ie. we need to be able to enter the room from the outside meaning we need to keep the bar and latch retracted during the day. How do we keep the latch retracted? Our current method involves inserting a metal tab between the latch and the strike plate so the latch can’t lock. Our door handle is similar to the photo.
Many modern panic bars are held in by using an Allen wrench of the proper size. Look for a small hole to insert the wrench, press the bar in, and turn the wrench one way or the other. let go of the bar and see if it stays held in.
It's rare that a project stumps me but this one did.
How the heck did they get the 8 inside trim pieces all installed when the fit is line to line "after" they are all in place.
Tried Googling, nothing, tried several orders of install, nothing, the trim pieces were not flexible.
Finally I gave up and trimmed off a bit so the last piece would slide in. Drives me crazy knowing there is a trick/process out there somewhere!
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I live in a very old apartment that has incredibly heavy wooden windows. Several of them were brutally hard to get up. A friend said squirt Armor All into the outside tracks (on both sides) only (see red arrow in image), and I was amazed that it worked. The windows really loosened up. The problem is I used the Armor All on two windows that were [i]not[/i] sticky. Those two windows worked properly: I could pull them open to whatever level I wanted and they stayed there. And when I sprayed the Armor All into those windows, the windows would open to say 75% open and above and stay open. But anything below the 75% open level they are in absolute free fall. If they were to fall from that level, I'm sure they would break, so to be safe, I got 5 gallon paint stirrers to prop them up.
I'd like to return those two windows back to their original condition of working properly. Is there any way to make them sticky again? Thank you.
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[i]These are the windows closed. [/i]
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[i]This is what I used to unstick them.[/i]
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[i]This is the outside track I sprayed the Armor All into.[/i]
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[i]Paint stirrer propping up window.[/i]
05-30-21, 02:37 AM
