Leaky Louvre....

[T25Convert]

Hi,

Sure this must have been covered before, but can't find anything using the search.....

Noticed the louvre windows leaking, making the floor nice and wet (I can almost hear the floor rusting beneath the carpet).

A quick test with a watering can showed it to be coming in between the side of the glass and the frame. It looks like there used to be a piece of foam/brush to stop this, but I now just have a soggy piece of moss

Two questions:

1) Can I get new bits of foam/brush to fit

2) if I can, anyone know who to get the old bits out, new bits in?

Cheers,

Alex

[leeroy]

hi Alex

having the same problem with my window decided to check it out found that the floor which was chipboard had soaked up the water and i was picking up in handfulls replaced the flooring and wait to refit the sink etc


found some rust/holes at the bottom

hope you get yours sorted sorry i can't help tho
lee

[T25Convert]

I think I've got lucky and caught it before this happened (although i've still got to lift the carpet and double check!)

Good luck with yours!!

Alex

[simple]

would love this answered myself, have thought about replacing the windows for non louvred

[kevtherev]

I'll take a picture of mine and you can compare

[simple]

I'll take a picture of mine and you can compare

Would be very kind of you, thanks

[T25Convert]

Hi!

Managed to fix this over the weekend (well, its wateright against a watering can now anyway!)

If anyone is interested it was reasonably simple in the end:

1) At the bottom of the 'fur' strip either side of the window is a little tab. Open this out, and pull out the strip with a pair of mole grips.

2) If the strip is knackered, B&Q do draught excluders that feature the same 'fur', or they might recover with a good brushing.

3) Put the new strip, or the revived old strip back out, then pack the channel out with something - I used a bit of plastic from the B&Q draught excluders cut down to fit.

4) Sorted (hopefully!)

[kentishvanman]

Hi,
My louvre window was more trouble than it was worth.
I think it was originally there to to take steam/smells etc away from the cooker.
I replaced it with a fixed pane and never had any problems.
Don