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Before the cold weather came, I managed to insulate the balcony and now you can relax or work there. But in windy weather, cold air still gets inside through the plastic windows, which are blown through.
I deliberately passed my hand near the window and felt a strong flow of cool air, the window just lets it through. This situation can happen even with new windows, since they also need to be adjusted.
In this article I will show you how to adjust plastic windows so that there is no draft and there are no draughts in the house.
You can check whether the window is blowing or not using a lighter; if the flame is blowing out, then adjustment is required. (Scroll through the gallery).
Everything is done very simply and in a couple of minutes without any specialists. For adjustment, a 4 mm Allen key is enough.
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Each plastic window has three special eccentrics. They are adjusted with a hex key and, depending on the season, they can be set to either summer or winter mode . By rotating the eccentric, the pressure of the sashes against the frame will change, and now in more detail.
To prevent the window from being blown through, it is necessary to adjust the eccentric to a position in which most of it will look inside the house.
This way the seals will be pressed tightly against the window frame and cold air will not blow in through the window. For clarity, I have shown in the photo the position of the eccentric relative to the inner side of the window depending on the mode, summer or winter.
After adjusting the lower one, we move on to the two remaining eccentrics so that the pressure is uniform around the entire perimeter of the window.
It is also worth checking the condition of the seals, as over time they lose their properties, in which case they need to be replaced with new ones.
As a result, such a simple adjustment helps to solve the problem with a drafty window, the house will become warmer and there will be no snow on the windowsill in winter.
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