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My 1980’s home has old style wooden casement windows. Several of the cranking mechanisms are stripped and broken. Do I need to replace these windows or can they be fixed?

Mar 2, 2014

In the past I have found some used hand cranks at the restore. If you are fortunate you might find some good used ones. Most of these old style cranking mechanisms were notorious for stripping and breaking. The greatest problem was that the wooden windows had a...

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