window handle thread fix?

[Gragson]

it is not actually the window frame metal, there is a floating metal plate behind the upvc

Are you sure you cant grip it up with a rivnut? It will leave a lip on the outside of course but not a lot

 

[gaz1]

what you have inside is the lock mech

and you see where your screws go



which you can buy and refit again to older upvc windows

 

[bricol]

I replaced a broken handle on a mates bedroom window today but the top screw would not tighten up, the threads are gone basicly in the metal plate that hold the handle on. The bottom one is fine. So I need a easy fix as I aint taking the window apart to repair it unless I really have to. I did think a pop rivet may do the job.

Self tapper.

I keep a tin of ones I have rescued from defunct bits of kit - got me out of trouble more than once.

 

[123hotchef]

what you have inside is the lock mech

and you see where your screws go

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which you can buy and refit again to older upvc windows

no its different, it has a lever that throws over and 2 pins one at the top corner and another at the bottom corner. very old windows by the look of them

 

[gaz1]

it dosnt matter its still based on the same shape and design

yours is the slide pins and a hook lock or slide lock its still the same

 

[Turbo]

A long pop rivet perhaps?

 

[bricol]

no its different, it has a lever that throws over and 2 pins one at the top corner and another at the bottom corner. very old windows by the look of them

Same as my mums - installed by one of the iterations of Diamond Seal in the 1990's.