Hehr Window Cleaning and repair idea's

Now, I had a heck of a time installing the little felt strips along the edges of the window. I couldn't push them in because they wouldn't go past the window operators. What to do. Well, being a fisherman I had some 17 lb. mono line around so I took a needle and threaded it into one end then just pulled it through to make a double loop. I then lubed the channel with some clear silicon lube with a Q-tip. I then started the felt strip into the channel, placed the fishing line down into the channel behind the window operators and pulled. What do you know! It came right through!!!. I couldn't pull it all the way up with the line so I removed the line and finished pulling it up with my needle nose pliers. I will say, I had to use my hair clippers to remove some of the felt as the first effort failed because the felt was too long and wouldn't let my window close. I didn't take much off, just enough to let them work. 





Finished window:



Felt strip:




So now that the windows are done I'm taking tomorrow off from my project and going fishing for steelhead and salmon in our beautiful Columbia river. Hope I have as much luck with that line as I did with this one.

Wow, that window looks great! Tackling my jalousies is going to probably wait until the Spring, now...good job!

One of my windows has a pane missing. My kitchen window has all of the panes but they are loose and slide out the bottom. I had to duct tape them to tow it to make sure I didn't lose them. I wasn't sure what I was going to do about permanently securing the panes. I originally thought about taking them to a glass shop or having them come to me. Should they not be caulked in the channels that hold them in?