Top Window Slides Down

The balance shoe in found within the outer frame of the window and the tilt pin that needs to fit into the shoe is attached to the bottom of the window sash.

Top window slides down.

A lot of the times the coil springs balancing the window need adjustment to make it tighter but sometimes they have not been shimmed correctly at the middle of the windows. Slide the window down so you can access the top of it. One of the common problems associated with double hung windows is a dropped window or when one of the sashes becomes disconnected from a balance shoe. Four or five years later when i would open them to insert a fan or an air conditioner the top window would slide down 6 12 inches in a few of the windows.

Is there something that can be adjusted. Slide the balance friction spring between the window frame and window. When the top slash slides down the top of the window is left open. This can result in the window sash dropping or sliding down when you raise it.

To adjust a disconnected balance shoe follow these steps. A dropped window is an indicator of a bad disconnected or misplaced balance shoe. Each double hung window in your home has four balance cartridges two per jamb liner. A way to check is to measure from interior top jamb middle jamb and bottom jamb.

Heat and ac escapes and bugs can get in. If one of the balance shoes inside isn t working properly the sash will slide down when you attempt to raise it.