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Replace the broken window latches

Several window catches and stays are broken or have come away entirely, so the windows can't be fastened shut or held safely open.

Type Job
Effort Half a day

A number of the window catches and casement stays have broken or pulled out of the timber altogether. Where a stay has gone, the window can't be held open safely on a warm day; where a catch has gone, it can't be fastened properly shut.

What's involved

  • Work out how many windows are affected and which pattern of catch and stay they take
  • Order matching replacements
  • Fit them, making good the screw holes where the old ones have pulled out

The frames themselves are sound - this is fittings rather than joinery.

Cost to be confirmed.

What would help

  • Someone handy for a morning
  • Replacement catches and stays to match the timber frames

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