UPVC double glazed windows - reduce size?

vix2000

Hi. Does anyone know if its possible to take the opener off a UPVC window to make it smaller, please?

BillTrac

Vix,

must be me but your post doesn't make sense. If you take an opener off then the window can be made bigger I would think.

More info would help people answer your problem

Avoriaz

vix2000 wrote: »

Hi. Does anyone know if its possible to take the opener off a UPVC window to make it smaller, please?

Do you mean the handle?

vix2000

Sorry, I mean remove the opening section totally from the frame leaving only the fixed panel. We have done this before with a bay window which we split into flat windows, I just wondered if it was possible with a flat window.

AlwaysSomething

If I understand you correctly, you have a window which has a fixed part, and an opening part. You want a simpler window which is one big pane of glass. Yes you can do this... Maybe. I had windows with two openings in them, and I reduced them to one opening. So it can be done. The problem is you aren't supposed to reduce the ventilation available to a room - that's a building regs thing. So it can be done, but it's possible the window company might not be prepared to do it. Mine didn't even question - they just did it. If you DIY or ask a builder to do it, then you shouldn't have a problem. I never used to open the window anyway, so I didn't feel I was losing out on any ventilation by removing it.