Take Your Brass and Shove It
This is what I got instead:
The top of the access panel is held in place by these two nails (there are driven into the jamb on the "inside" of the weight pocket).
Here is the access panel in profile. Not the lone nail (not a screw) sticking out of the bottem; this is driven through the panel and into the jamb.
A close up of the nail.
And last of all, the top of the access panel. Someone spent a lot time notching this out, glad it wasn't me. You slip this end in first until the nails lock the top of the panel in place. Then you nail the bottom into place.
Functional? Well, mostly I guess. It’s not awe inspiring though. If I were to guess, it looks like the window jambs were built and the access panels were added as an after-thought before they were installed.
Another oddity is the three smaller windows added in the 1920’s or so have no access panels at all. Yes, I know they should have some, but they don’t. Very annoying.
posted by John | 4:35 PM
4 Comments:
This looks quite standard to me. Mine are very similar to yours.
Mine are also identical to yours, sans the nifty notched top. Thats all I've ever seen....didn't even know there were brass screws, etc. out there that I needed to jealous of...
After working on 5 different houses here in Long Beach, I have yet to encounter even one of these. I always have to remove either the inside or exterior trim to access the weights. My copy of "Working Windows" said they should be there, but they weren't.
Thanks for the comments.
Patricia and Stuccohouse, I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one out there. And, to a lessor extent (since I only have three accessless windows), this also applies to David too.
I wonder what the deciding factor is in regard to access panels. Time period? Cost? Taste?
Any ideas?
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