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WN, Bear in mind that I have never done any work on window installations. On a detailed drawing of the type of windows I have that I downloaded from Andersen it looks to me that the bottom flange that you refer to would be accessible and visible after you removed the bricks from under the window fra...

WN and HS,
A question. If I have the bricks under the window removed, in your opinion will the bow come out of the bottom of the window by itself or could there possibly be more involved in the job?

I have to correct myself re the last post. I said the bottom rail was level. I checked it for straightness and it is straight. I didn't pay attention to the bubble in the level so I don't know if it was level. Do I need to check that?

OK, I think I have it now. I opened the window(sash) and to get a good reading using the level I removed the window operator and also the track that the operator slides in. This will allow my level to sit on the flat surface of the lower rail with no interference from the opening hardware. The surfa...

Could you be a little more specific about the lower rail of the sash. I don't know what that is.

Here are some pictures of the window:

Right now I have only one window that I would have worked on. Others are hard to close but they can be closed with the crank without too much trouble. This one bad one requires that I go outside and push it shut while my wife cranks. Is it possible to put photos in a post on this site? I still have ...

So: "TheWindowNerd" I assume that the roll out course of brick at the base of the unit is what I called the sill in my post? I referred to them as bricks laying on their sides. If they were removed and replaced leaving space then the pressure would be relieved at the bottom of the window? ...

These windows are the original ones that were installed when the house was built 13 years ago. They are Andersen 400 series windows. The one I'm having trouble with has two 6x3 sashes. The outside of my house is brick and under the windows the sill is made of individual bricks on their sides. After ...