Random Irritations

[Blue in Munich]

2 today

1, my pressure washer won't work. I've tried running water through it, online advice suggests a possible air lock, but that hasn't worked. It may well be dead but it hasn't had that much use.

The previous owner of the house fitted a child safety device on one of the bedroom windows. It prevents it opening more than about 10cm. It's a spare room so I haven't attempted to do anything about it previously. We are currently redecorating the room and so I decided to sort this out. I've seen every YouTube video out there, I can't crack it ?.

Bigger hammer.

You're welcome.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Karcher?

Yup

Bigger hammer.

You're welcome.

To destroy it or fix it? If fix it then hit it where?

 

[Blue in Munich]

Yup


To destroy it or fix it? If fix it then hit it where?

It's the standard "engineering" response when something won't shift.

Got a photograph of it?

 

[USER1999]

When my Karcher failed, it was actually the hose pipe connection. It had a non return valve on it, so when disconnected it didn't pour water everywhere, but when connected didn't allow enough flow. Fine to bleed the Karcher, but not ok with power on.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

That I only twigged yesterday that the reason one of our gutters has been overflowing (for years) is not that the gutter didnt have the right ‘fall’ (that I have tried to sort many times) but that the downpipe was blocked. And so today I released the down pipe from the wall and a 1ft plug of ’detritus’ fell out the bottom followed by 8ft of water.

Sometimes the most obvious thing that could be wrong is just what is wrong...but sometimes we just cannot see the obvious answer as we are blinded to it by what we think the answer must be.

 

[Hobbit]

Karcher?

Bless you!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

It's the standard "engineering" response when something won't shift.

Got a photograph of it?

 

[Blue in Munich]

View attachment 33558

I meant the window lock, as per the original quote.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I meant the window lock, as per the original quote.

Oops. Pics top and bottom

 

[Blue in Munich]

 

[Blue in Munich]

Oops. Pics top and bottom

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Photo above is the bottom one on mine.
That's the bottom one on mine. As you open it, the arrangement on the left slides to the right (the two rivet heads on the black plastic plate) as there is nothing in the channel to obstruct it.

On yours you've got the arrangement that sits in the channel that I'm guessing prevents it sliding any further, but there is not an obvious way to remove it, apart from the aforementioned larger hammer. even if you did you would only get as far as the pair of cross headed screws (although that may be far enough). Window fitters forum?

Sorry that's not more help.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Photo above is the bottom one on mine.
That's the bottom one on mine. As you open it, the arrangement on the left slides to the right (the two rivet heads on the black plastic plate) as there is nothing in the channel to obstruct it.

On yours you've got the arrangement that sits in the channel that I'm guessing prevents it sliding any further, but there is not an obvious way to remove it, apart from the aforementioned larger hammer. even if you did you would only get as far as the pair of cross headed screws (although that may be far enough). Window fitters forum?

Sorry that's not more help.

Thanks anyway. At least I know now that I'm not missing anything obvious.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Thanks anyway. At least I know now that I'm not missing anything obvious.

I'm almost wondering if it is a factory fit item?

 

[Blue in Munich]

Thanks anyway. At least I know now that I'm not missing anything obvious.

Nothing at the other end of the window...?

 

[Blue in Munich]

Thanks anyway. At least I know now that I'm not missing anything obvious.

Anything like that on it?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Nothing at the other end of the window...?

It doesn't open far enough to be able to see.

 

[Blue in Munich]

It doesn't open far enough to be able to see.

I thinks that's a no as you should se this at the other end looking at the angle in your photos;

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Anything like that on it?

I'll check that out ?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I thinks that's a no as you should se this at the other end looking at the angle in your photos;

That opens much further than ours does. I suspect I will have to speak to a window person. Maybe something else is at play.

 

[Blue in Munich]

That opens much further than ours does. I suspect I will have to speak to a window person. Maybe something else is at play.

Oh well, tried & failed. Good luck.