Oh, I hadnât read this before I replied to your other comment - thank fuck you got it to close! Better closed than open for now. Can you get your landlord to replace the winder soon? From what i hear itâs not a difficult fix
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Aradina@lemmy.ml â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Update to my broken window opener and closer dealy:
I generously applied WD-40 and managed to get it to close \o/
Opening it will be tough though I imagine. Alas.
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Aradina@lemmy.ml â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâve passed it on to the landlord via the lead housemate, but weâre currently waiting on her to fix the back fence and thatâll be pretty expensive.
He(the lead housemate) has a thing about trying to keep rent down by not bothering the owners, basically. Our rent went up anyway, but not by much so he is sorta on to something considering how bad the market has been.
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Argh. Yeah look tbh I did the same at my old place - when I got the blinds replaced as the old one literally was going to fall off, bam, rent increase (even though itâs improving the sale price of the house and tax deductible! Fuckers)
I did have to give in and ask them to do my old stuck winder though as it was letting in a lot of cold air heading into winter and that sucked big time. I think the LLâs partner just did it himself.
Your situation sounds serious enough to be worth getting fixedâŚ
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Ooft I feel you. Some bright spark painted most of our windows shutâŚ
No1@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Wd-40 is not really a lubricant.
If you have some light oil, eg sewing machine oil, or silicone spray, that might be better.
But be careful applying those. They can be messy. Less is more đ
Aradina@lemmy.ml â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
WD-40 is all I had on hand, really.
No1@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Yeah, if it worked đđŹ