Weather Stripping

[RustyMD]

Weather stripping on street side front window is coming loose. What’s the fix?

Robert Youens 2023 LEII Hull#1304

[SteveCr]

Hello,

That looks like the removable weather striping. You just push and seat it back in place.

You remove it when you clean the window track and weep holes.

Steve

[Frank C]

It’s removable for cleaning the window tracks and weep holes.  It’s easily pushed back into place.  

[RustyMD]

I pushed it back a few times and it fell out again. If it were a millimeter wider it would be perfect.

[Frank C]

14 minutes ago, RustyMD said:

I pushed it back a few times and it fell out again. If it were a millimeter wider it would be perfect.

That’s odd.  Might be either a defective piece of weatherstripping or the window frame may be deformed a bit too wide.   I’d try swapping that piece of weatherstripping with the piece from another window to see if the problem follows the weatherstripping or the window. 

[RustyMD]

Thanks for the responses. I’ll likely take it out and try various arrangements.

[Mike and Carol]

I remove ours 2 or 3 times a year for cleaning.  No issues with it staying in place.  I wonder if your window might have a gap that’s too big.  Mike

[bhncb]

1 hour ago, Mike and Carol said:

 I wonder if your window might have a gap that’s too big.  Mike

Mike might be onto something here. Take a real close look at the joint I've circled in the picture. The vertical separator piece is notched to provide relief for the frame. It looks like this joint may not be put together correctly and the separator is pushing the frame channel apart. If so, open a service ticket and include a close up shot of this area.