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[=OT=] How to open a painted shut window?
Greets to aue!
In our blissful marital home out in the shrubbery, but still inside the M25, there's a room that I have appropriated as an "office".
The previous owner painted the window absolutely shut - it's your basic wooden frame type window. It is wholly and irrevocably painted shut. My wife wants it opened from time to time to change the air. She has begun to lean on me about it...
Of course I can DIY it, and there's a 100% chance I would make a dog's breakfast out of it unless the remedy was totally simplistic. Plus possibly break some rule of the local authority on the way.
Short of hiring a carpenter, is there a simple DIY remedy that a numbnutz can do to open a window that has been painted shut?
Hoping for the best!
In our blissful marital home out in the shrubbery, but still inside the M25, there's a room that I have appropriated as an "office".
The previous owner painted the window absolutely shut - it's your basic wooden frame type window. It is wholly and irrevocably painted shut. My wife wants it opened from time to time to change the air. She has begun to lean on me about it...
Of course I can DIY it, and there's a 100% chance I would make a dog's breakfast out of it unless the remedy was totally simplistic. Plus possibly break some rule of the local authority on the way.
Short of hiring a carpenter, is there a simple DIY remedy that a numbnutz can do to open a window that has been painted shut?
Hoping for the best!
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[nq:1]Greets to aue! In our blissful marital home out in the shrubbery, but still inside the M25, there's a room ... DIY remedy that a numbnutz can do to open a window that has been painted shut?
- [nq:1]Greets to aue!
- In our blissful marital home out in the shrubbery, but still inside the M25, there's a room ...
- DIY remedy that a numbnutz can do to open a window that has been painted shut?
- [/nq] It would depend on the type of window, but wouldn't just taking a sharp blade to the painted-over sections that have to allow movement do the trick?
- I mean, what's the problem?
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[nq:1]Greets to aue! In our blissful marital home out in the shrubbery, but still inside the M25, there's a room ... DIY remedy that a numbnutz can do to open a window that has been painted shut? Hoping for the best![/nq]
It would depend on the type of window, but wouldn't just taking a sharp blade to the painted-over sections that have to allow movement do the trick? I mean, what's the proble
It would depend on the type of window, but wouldn't just taking a sharp blade to the painted-over sections that have to allow movement do the trick? I mean, what's the proble
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[nq:2]Greets to aue! In our blissful marital home out in ... window that has been painted shut? Hoping for the best![/nq]
[nq:1]It would depend on the type of window, but wouldn't just taking a sharp blade to the painted-over sections that have to allow movement do the trick? I mean, what's the problem?[/nq]
This is the sort of thing that both exists on the net and that Google can easily b
[nq:1]It would depend on the type of window, but wouldn't just taking a sharp blade to the painted-over sections that have to allow movement do the trick? I mean, what's the problem?[/nq]
This is the sort of thing that both exists on the net and that Google can easily b
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[nq:2]It would depend on the type of window, but wouldn't ... allow movement do the trick? I mean, what's the problem?[/nq]
[nq:1]This is the sort of thing that both exists on the net and that Google can easily be used to find: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/remodeling/article/0,1797,HGTV
[nq:1]This is the sort of thing that both exists on the net and that Google can easily be used to find: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/remodeling/article/0,1797,HGTV
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[nq:2]This is the sort of thing that both exists on the net and that Google can easily be used to find: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/remodeling/article/0,1797,HGTV 3659 1761637,00.html http://www.onthehouse.
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[nq:1]Greets to aue! In our blissful marital home out in the shrubbery, but still inside the M25, there's a room ... DIY remedy that a numbnutz can do to open a window that has been painted shut? Hoping for the best![/nq]
This is an English usage question that's been taxing us philologists ever since Murray had to put up that shed in his garden for the infant OED.
I've looked at the Old No
This is an English usage question that's been taxing us philologists ever since Murray had to put up that shed in his garden for the infant OED.
I've looked at the Old No
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[nq:1]Greets to aue! In our blissful marital home out in the shrubbery, but still inside the M25, there's a room ... wants it opened from time to time to change the air. She has begun to lean on me about it...[/nq]
Ah. I was about to say that there should be no particular problem opening a painted shut window. It's opening a window painted shut that presents a prob, or buglem-bear.
Ah. I was about to say that there should be no particular problem opening a painted shut window. It's opening a window painted shut that presents a prob, or buglem-bear.
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[nq:1]The previous owner painted the window absolutely shut - it's your basic wooden frame type window. It is wholly and irrevocably painted shut. My wife wants it opened from time to time to change the air.[/nq]
Mike Lyle offered good practical advice. . . .
Consider beforehand how you want to refinish the window when the job is done, and how many coats of
paint you think there might
Mike Lyle offered good practical advice. . . .
Consider beforehand how you want to refinish the window when the job is done, and how many coats of
paint you think there might
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[nq:1]Short of hiring a carpenter, is there a simple DIY remedy that a numbnutz can do to open a window that has been painted shut?[/nq]
Butcher's knife, use a big bladed knife and a hammer, keep slicing and cutting the paint. tap the knife-blade with the hammer, keep doing this and eventually the window will yield.
Butcher's knife, use a big bladed knife and a hammer, keep slicing and cutting the paint. tap the knife-blade with the hammer, keep doing this and eventually the window will yield.
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[nq:2]The previous owner painted the window absolutely shut - it's ... it opened from time to time to change the air.[/nq]
[nq:1]Mike Lyle offered good practical advice. . . . Consider beforehand how you want to refinish the window when the ... the frame free (casement or sash) your next tool should be a blowtorch. Propane torches are the easiest to control.[/nq]
I have discovered that bur
[nq:1]Mike Lyle offered good practical advice. . . . Consider beforehand how you want to refinish the window when the ... the frame free (casement or sash) your next tool should be a blowtorch. Propane torches are the easiest to control.[/nq]
I have discovered that bur
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[nq:2]The previous owner painted the window absolutely shut - it's ... it opened from time to time to change the air.[/nq]
[nq:1]Mike Lyle offered good practical advice. . . . Consider beforehand how you want to refinish the window when the ... the frame free (casement or sash) your next tool should be a blowtorch. Propane torches are the easiest to control.[/nq]
A hair dryer would be my f
[nq:1]Mike Lyle offered good practical advice. . . . Consider beforehand how you want to refinish the window when the ... the frame free (casement or sash) your next tool should be a blowtorch. Propane torches are the easiest to control.[/nq]
A hair dryer would be my f
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