Re: Casement Windows

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Way too much work trying vent a casement...bad enough it's a casement to
begin with!


"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| FondOfBooks wrote:
| > I have mostly double-hung windows.  They are currently able to remain
| > open a few inches and still have the system armed.  Now we are adding a
| > couple of casement windows.  Is there any way to wire them and allow
| > them to remain open a few inches on a nice day?  Thanks!
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| Here's something you may want to try. I don't do it all the time, only
| if the client REAAALLLLLLY wants to ventilate a casement or two on an
| install.
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| First, the switch and magnet have to be installed on the hinge side of
| the window. The magnet, in relation to the switch has to be mounted so
| that the window can only be opened about two to three inches (depending
| upon the make of the window) before the switch breaks contact. If you
| let it open any more than that, someone could reach in and mess with
| the switch. Then, at that point of the window being open, install a
| hook and eye somewhere on the frame and moving part of the window so
| that the window can only open so far. You need to do this because
| sometimes, when the wind blows a casement window, it can gradually open
| over a period of time. It doesn't look to pretty if the window is in a
| obvious place and it's not too convenient if you're opening and closing
| the window every day ( because you have to take the screen off each
| time you want to use the hook and eye). In a couple of cases, I
| installed a short chain between the frame and the window, so they
| wouldn't have to remove the screen each time. The chain unhoods, in
| case they ever had to open the window all the way. But all in all, the
| easiest, but more expensive way to do it, is with security screens. I
| just don't like screens because they can be slit and someone can reach
| in and mess with the wires, if they know what they're doing. And if you
| have screens in a room, people tend to leave the windows WIDE open and
| so you can't have a motion detector in that room which could trip due
| to wind blowing something around, while the windows are open.
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| If you're doing this yourself, this make work for you.
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| I usually don't post this kind of stuff in this group, because there's
| someone by the name of Robert Bass here, who likes to steal this kind
| of information and claim that he thought of it. He uses information
| like this to make money on his web site. You know the kind, a thieving
| lying scumbag who gets by using other people.
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