Replacement handles for aluminium double glazing windows

Try http://www.lockmaster.co.uk

 

hya, have you managed to get fixed up with spare handles ? if not, i am doing some work for a double glazing company and may be able to help. i'll check on here over the weekend to see if you reply.

 

god, u sound so nice,so special, so un asumming, r u a virgo ?

 

Is there any evidence on the window locking bars who the manufacturer is?

 

<< no possibility to back on connection broken >>

Is it the handle assembly broken or the mechanism within the frame where the handle fits broken.

Is there a square hole in the frame of the window where the handle used to be? If so can you operate the lock by turning a flatbladed screwdriver in the square hole

 

Theres a good chance that you will be able to replace the handle with a generic replacement. Remove the remaining broken parts of the handles. This is done by removing the two retaining screws, one or both may be concealed by a sticky cover pad, ping it off with a small flat bladed screwdriver. Once removed, check the locking mechanism within the window by pushing a flat bladed screwdriver into the square hole and twisting (you need the correct sized driver). It will work be it just a bit stiff. report back

 

This handle http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?ts=06829&id=72180 will more than likely fit or take your broken parts to your local window manufacturer and he/she will probably be able to help you over the counter. Where do you live, I may be able to find somewhere local to you

 

RIVETS....... ouch, is this a bodge do you think or original? Do your travels bring you out to aylesbury?

Or maybe

 

http://www.thomsonlocal.com/CompanyInfo.aspx?ID=11364623&type=3&wtk=11364623fl&cobrand=

sorry, heres the link

 

Hi SDG,

I noticed some replacement handles in BnQ warehouse. They seem quite basic and I wonder if you could strip the bits you need off to repair the existing handles.

Have a look in your local branch they might solve your problem.

DWD

 

No worries. The rivet will require a drill the same size as the rivet shank to remove it. Being twenty years old this could be imperial, unless the window furniture is european. I would go for a 5mm diameter drill. Obviously the window isn't threaded so theres a good chance that you will need to rivet the replacements back on. You could drill and tap the aluminium but I think it would be to thin for this, also if the rivets are 3/16" (4.7) the hole that would remain is to large to tap for M5. So you will need some 5mm rivets and a hefty rivet gun to refit them!

 

Have you actually got the rivets out ?

Handyandy - really