PSA: My old house in Tacoma had a stuck basement window for years...

I finally got it open by gently tapping a flat bar into the seam with a mallet after soaking the tracks with penetrating oil for two days. Has anyone else had luck with a different method for painted-shut windows?

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taylor.mary26d ago

My last apartment in Spokane had three windows like that. I used a heat gun on the paint seam for a minute before prying, which worked without damaging the frame.

grantthomas26d ago

Heat guns sound way smarter than my usual method, which is just yanking on it until something gives.