Tilt sash into abode by disengaging tilt latches so that the sash is parallel with the floor.
Hold the sash firmly with both hands and while holding the left side steady, raise the bottom of the sash with your right manus.
Every bit you are raising the correct side of the bottom of the sash, the pivot pin will move out of the residual shoe.
Once the pivot pivot is out of the residue shoe on the right side, you can move the sash from left to right. This will release the pin pin from the residuum shoe on the left side.
The sash is now free to be placed on a flat surface for de-glazing.
Slide sash from jamb approximately 4".
Concord sash firmly with both hands and raise sash straight up into header.
Sash should exist raised high enough so that the bottom of the sash will articulate the top of the frame.
Sash is at present free to be placed on a flat surface for de-glazing.
Picture, Casement or Awning Window
If you take a Picture, Casement or Awning Window you can still re-coat the glass in field fifty-fifty though the window will be in the vertical, installed position.
First by removing the screws from keeper.
Once glass is re-glazed, reapply keeper.
How to de-glaze (remove onetime glass):
Brainstorm with sash on a flat surface with the glazing bead facing upward. (Ignore this step if yous have a Picture, Casement or Awning window)
Start by removing the glazing bead. (Refer to Drawing 1)
Turn the sash over, use a abrupt blade working the blade between the sash profile and glass. Utilise the blade to cut the glazing material away from the sash and the glass. With the blade betwixt the drinking glass and sash, move the bract effectually the unabridged perimeter of the sash.
Once the glass has been cutting away from the seal, remove the sash.
Use lacquer thinner or turpentine to remove any remaining glazing tape or silicone from sash.
How to re-glass (install new drinking glass):
In one case glazing area is completely articulate of agglutinative, apply new glazing tape or silicone bead to the heart of the glazing area.
As well run a diagonal bead of silicone down each corner of glazing area.
Supplant or reposition glazing blocks. (Refer to Drawing 2)
Set glass into place using slight pressure to adhere the glass to silicone or glazing tape.
In one case glass is set into identify, have glazing beads and position them equally they were prior to removal.
Position each bead past sliding the extended leg of the glazing bead into the receptor area of the sash. Follow this order: install the glazing bead on the lesser, then the peak and then the sides. (Refer to Drawing i for positioning)
With a small wooden mallet, gently tap the top of the dewdrop until the smaller dorsum leg snaps into the sash. Repeat on all four sides.
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