Sash Cord Explained
The sash cord is an essential part of a sash window. The most common repairs to a sash window are usually because of a broken sash window cord. Generally, the sash window cord will worsen over many years of use or has become frayed and snapped.
Or when you have your sash window painted, or sash window rope stuck sometimes the decorator paints the sash window cord, so they become brittle, and then they break. As a result, the sash window will no longer function properly.
So, It Is crucial to keep sash cords free of paint. For instance, it becomes jammed, stuck, or won’t stay up or keeps dropping down. It’s more than likely that the sash cord will need replacing.
Also, if your window appears to have good sash cords attached but does not stay open, your windows may need re-balancing. Please visit our sash window restoration page for more information on re-balancing. So, contact us to get the sash window to function correctly. 0207 0888 003 sales@sashrepairman.co.uk
Sash cord replacement Price Guide.
(Prices below are for cords in the same sash window box)
£130 to replace one lower sash cord – (£130.00 per cord)
£180 to replace two lower sash cords – (£90.00 per cord)
£180 to replace one upper sash cords – (£180.00 per cord)
£230 to replace four sash cords – (£57.50 per cord)
In short, at sashrepairservice.co.uk we will be able to provide you with a sash cord replacement throughout London and the surrounding areas.
We can usually offer you Same-day or Next-day appointments with Specific Arrival Times using our online booking system. Our expert sash window engineer will remove the broken sash cord and fit a new one, leaving your sash window to function properly again. It takes less than 60 minutes to change all four sash cords in a sash window box (sash box explained). Because you have booked.