hello youtube i'm paddy and welcome to paddy's diy in this video i'm revisiting a topic of one of my
older videos about how to fit a window restrictor or a child safety restrictor onto a window
em in the original video i had a sample window you could call it and it was just sitting on my
desk and a couple of people commented saying that they'd like to see the video done in a real world
scenario so these are the restrictors that i use and it can be bought from screw fix among others
and there are other manufacturers that make very similar looking restrictors
and it'll be the same methods that's used in this video for for these for those as well
now this is the right-handed version and this is the left-handed version now this section of the
window restrictor should always be fitted onto the sash which is the opening section of the window
and the stud should always be fitted onto the frame now i know of at least one window
manufacturer that fits it the other way around and it's obviously done to suit their window profile
and it works okay but it's just a little bit more difficult to release the restrictor
the restrictor should be fitted so that it closes with the hinge of the window
if you fit the restrictor the opposite way around what can happen
like i show here is that the restrictor can jam the sash and stop it closing
this is a drawing to help you choose which hand to use so what hand restrictor do you need for
your window now in an ideal world you would literally just look at that drawing i put up
and away you go but nearly every window sash will
either hang a little bit to one side over the other or on a side hung sash it will droop down
um and this will affect where you will be able to fit the restrictor i'm going to show you
what i mean here i have a window that i want to fit the restrictor on this is the bottom of the
window and i try to close the sash over the stud as you can see it's a long way off from
passing over the top of it this means that the window sash is hanging or sagging down
so there is more of a gap at the top than there is at the bottom
which means i won't be able to fit the restrictor on the bottom or i could fix the window sagging
but that's something for another video this means if i bought a left-hand restrictor for the bottom
and now it won't fit i will need a right-hand one for the top so the
height of the stud and the restrictor they're pretty much the same it's 11 millimeters so
11 and a half we could say
so the minimum you'll need is 12 millimeters for the window to pass over the top of it or pass to
the side of it whichever way you're fitting it so the next thing to do is to get your measuring tape
and check to see if you have at least 12 millimeters on the side you want to fit the
restrictor on so now that i know what hand i need i can fit the restrictor there are two channels on
this window profile so on the sash fitted to the channel closest to the seal the most important
thing when fitting a restrictor or anything for that matter that involves working from height
is safety now i have a wrist strap on my drill and if you don't have one just get some cord and tie
it around your drill and then tie it around your wrist make sure it prevents the drill from falling
to screw the restrictor to the sash i just turn my drill like this and operate the trigger with
my thumb now i've been doing this a long time and i make it look very easy here but in fact i can't
see a thing of what i'm doing with my hands i'm using my fingers and feeling for the screw hole
in the restrictor positioning the screw and keeping the restrictor snug in the channel
it can be very tricky to do now in situations where i have to fit the restrictor on the top
of a side hung sash and there is a fish and soffit directly above
the the sash when you lean out and try and point your drill down
you don't have enough room the fascia and or sorry the patience of it is in the way so in those
scenarios what i use is this um it's a little right angle attachment i got this in it was little
or aldi for about six or seven euro um i've seen them on amazon or ebay as well and they're about
the same kind of money so literally put it into your drill and then you just get your driver bit
obviously i have an extension on it but yeah you get the idea and then
it does that so a situation where you're reaching out and trying to hold
the restrictor hold the screw hold the drill an attachment and not follow the window yourself
it's pretty tricky that's why i recommend if at all possible to fit the restrictor on the bottom
of a side hung sash you can literally just lean out the window and you can see what
you're doing it's it's way easier because i know that this window has dropped down a
bit i know i will need these packer pieces for it to work now these don't come with
the restrictors in screwfix but there's a lot of online shops that sell them with their restrictors
the stud should be fitted to the channel furthest away from the seal on the frame all i'm doing now
is positioning the studs so it strikes the leading edge of the restrictor and screwing it into place
even with the packers under the stud the restrictor is
marginally too low so i'm just going to give the restrictor arm the smallest of bends
and it's perfect test that the restrictor catches releases and then recatches
now i'm going to fit the restrictor onto a top hung sash
and it's exactly the same method as the side hung sash
and that's pretty much it um if you have any questions please leave them in the comments
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