Replacing window catches and locks
You may wish to replace window catches and locks because they are discoloured or no longer lock. You need lovable windows for insurance purposes.
Many windows can be opened enough to provide ventilation but not access - providing the key is removed but cannot be seen and reached from outside. I like all keys kept near the window for a quick exit in an emergency. I feel this should be mandatory. It also helps stop them getting mislaid or lost.
Label all keys as soon as you get them with flat number and room number. You might want a code so as to not give information to burglars/thieves. One system would be a colour code. A blue frame photo in bedroom two and blue nail varnish on the handle of the key tells you at a glance that the key fits the window to bedroom two. Triple or quadruple colours tells you that key also fits the windows in the second bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.
Colours of Catches
Catches in the old days came in smart brass. Now so many people have white plastic look windows that the best selling white handles are the ones I've found all over the eBay and Amazon and google search sites.
At first I was opposed to white which I thought was cheap and not matching wood frame windows. But I try to provide white walls for a clean bright look for photos on rental websites and prospective tenants viewing. So white handles co-ordinate with white walls and add a modern look.
Photos
It is useful as a reminder to the owner, agent, window painters, and tenants, to have photos of the keys in and out of the locks. Also photograph the catch on the far right side of the window half way up, a sort of brass flat hook around a circular or octagonal retainer device, like the sort you get on telescopic ladders, where you can detach the window from the frame to open the window fully for painting or exit in an emergency (if on ground floor).
You may wish to replace window catches and locks because they are discoloured or no longer lock. You need lovable windows for insurance purposes.
Many windows can be opened enough to provide ventilation but not access - providing the key is removed but cannot be seen and reached from outside. I like all keys kept near the window for a quick exit in an emergency. I feel this should be mandatory. It also helps stop them getting mislaid or lost.
Label all keys as soon as you get them with flat number and room number. You might want a code so as to not give information to burglars/thieves. One system would be a colour code. A blue frame photo in bedroom two and blue nail varnish on the handle of the key tells you at a glance that the key fits the window to bedroom two. Triple or quadruple colours tells you that key also fits the windows in the second bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.
Colours of Catches
Catches in the old days came in smart brass. Now so many people have white plastic look windows that the best selling white handles are the ones I've found all over the eBay and Amazon and google search sites.
At first I was opposed to white which I thought was cheap and not matching wood frame windows. But I try to provide white walls for a clean bright look for photos on rental websites and prospective tenants viewing. So white handles co-ordinate with white walls and add a modern look.
Photos
It is useful as a reminder to the owner, agent, window painters, and tenants, to have photos of the keys in and out of the locks. Also photograph the catch on the far right side of the window half way up, a sort of brass flat hook around a circular or octagonal retainer device, like the sort you get on telescopic ladders, where you can detach the window from the frame to open the window fully for painting or exit in an emergency (if on ground floor).
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