Window repair, long awaited!

 I guess a couple of things have happened. 1) I've lived in this house going on 36 years  2) I've learned a LOT since moving in and working on my 109 was a big part of that, removing and restoring parts 3) It's winter and I'm kinda bored.

   Two days ago I noticed there was overspray on my long window in the living room.

    A little about this window. It was designed to be mounted horizontal(I can tell from the drain holes) but along with other stuff fucked up when someone remodeled before I bought it, it was mounted vertical. There is a casement window in the bedroom mounted upside down.

   Well after maybe 8 years of moving in, the sliding part, which is on the bottom, the glass slipped down leaving a 1/2" gap at the top of the sliding section. At the time I just put duct tape over the gap and never used the slider. 

    I just started by scraping the outside clean of overspray. I swear I didn't think any further! That's when I noticed the gap at the bottom of the window and the damage on the side of the frame. I went to fix the frame thinking it was keeping the window from closing these last 2 decades. So I pulled the slider out and took it to the garage to clean it.

    

   

 Pliers straightened the frame good enough nothing was touching.

      I thought I could just undo one end and reset the glass. Boy was I wrong! I had to take 3 sides off the double pane and then I could slide the remaining side down with a soft hammer. In this way I was able to clean and reset the undistorted seal on the upper portion. While I knew that the issue was gravity pulling the glass down I found a piece of aluminum to act as a spacer and keep the glass from dropping. The bottom however had twisted and re-shaped it's self over the years. I was too involved to manage taking pictures.

    Taking the distorted seal off I found a bar of the same thickness as the glass. To this I clamped a still properly shaped section. Next taking a heat gun I lightly heated the vinyl seal and clamped it down and moved along trying to reset the memory. It worked as the vinyl cooled it reshaped. It was put on the glass and the frame put back together.

    Then it was re-installed in the wall frame. The glass closed all the way down.

      Not done yet....... this window is too narrow and designed to slide and or be taken out when vertical. I decided to cut a piece of foam to block air ingress. Simples measure and cut, re-cut, install. I only did one side.

    Well wonder if I will notice any reduction in heating/cooling? I'll be happier knowing it's done!

Thanks for reading!