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[Roger Longbottom]

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[PeteXXX]

Are there Anti Lifts blocks?
They're only visible when the window is open.

 

[MontyVeda]

is the black plastic a beading? look closely at the corners to check if they are. You should also see if the top and bottom beads butt up to the sides, or vice versa... which will help you suss out which to remove first. eg. top/bottom, then sides.

If they are beads, try to prise it out starting at the centre using a chisel, palatte knife or something slim. They tend to be click fit on double glazing units as far as I'm aware. They go back in in the opposite order you took them out.

[edit]... you might not want to remove the glazed units from the frames... which is what i'm describing above. Completely missed the sliding bit

 

[PeteXXX]

There is this little chap which appears to be held in with a small Allen bolt.
View attachment 509074

Try unscrewing that, slide it out, and you should / might be able to lift the whole panel off the runner. Careful, though, they can be heavier than they look.

EDIT: Is there a similar block on the header?

 

[raleighnut]

They look to be fitted 'backwards' the sliding one should be on the inside.

BTW I only know this as the guys who fitted our Conservatory told me ours is and proceeded to lift it off it's runners whilst it was locked.

 

[Over the Ord]

The wheels on the bottom of the doors should be adjustable which allows the door to drop, you can then lift the frames up over the track and in.
There my be security blocks in the top they should be accessible by removing a side stop which allows the door to slide past the block.
Having spent the last 30 years installing windows and doors that’s what I would expect.

Personally I would by a long handled brush and a bucket.
John

 

[Kempstonian]

Do bear in mind that you will have to put it back once cleaned! As PeteXXX says, they are heavier than they look (probably got steel reinforcing) and you wouldn't want to drop it to the street below! Unless the pics are deceptive they look quite big. Whoever fitted them probably had scaffolding - and there would have been more than one person doing it.

 

[Kempstonian]

Oh they aren't as big as I thought...

 

[Kempstonian]

Have you asked your neighbours how they clean theirs?

 

[raleighnut]

They both slide, the inner and the outer.

Ah I see, Like @Kempstonian I thought they were full height.

 

[Randomnerd]

Get a decent telescopic pole and a mop/ squeegee from a window cleaning supplier. Save you loads of ballache.

 

[raleighnut]

Get a decent telescopic pole and a mop/ squeegee from a window cleaning supplier. Save you loads of ballache.

Yep, I use one to clean the Conservatory roof,

 

[Over the Ord]

They are windows John, not doors, they just slide on runners. Here is a full product picture I took earlier.
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I they are that and they will require a wheels or some form of ball bearing. If it’s a ball bearing then they were built not to be removed for security reasons.
John

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Are you insured? Report that your wife threw a hammer at you & broke them, they come fit new ones that won't need cleaning

 

[Over the Ord]

Hi having studied the picture in more detail, the bottom track is for a wheel which is on the bottom of the window, the picture that shows a cap on the edge of the windows should pop of with a scraper, the picture that shows the other side have you tried turn the nut to see if the window rises or drops? The blocks in the bottom off the track should be removable if you remove the screw and slide them.
Have look at the following site or goggle search sliding window adjustment.
://www.bhg.com/home-improvement/windows/window-repair/how-to-repair-sliding-windows/

Hope above helps John.