Oh, I hadn’t 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 it’s not a difficult fix
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Aradina@lemmy.ml 1 week 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 1 week ago
Aradina@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I’ve passed it on to the landlord via the lead housemate, but we’re currently waiting on her to fix the back fence and that’ll 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 1 week 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 it’s 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 LL’s partner just did it himself.
Your situation sounds serious enough to be worth getting fixed…
Baku@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Ooft I feel you. Some bright spark painted most of our windows shut…
No1@aussie.zone 1 week 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 😉
Aradina@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
WD-40 is all I had on hand, really.
No1@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Yeah, if it worked 👍😬