Hi Mike,  Thanks, I never had occasion to call them anything till I
had to write about them.  I don't have a problem removing them, they
have to be removed to remove the window and I remove the window sash
to paint.  I am a fussy old fart and like to paint the WHOLE SASH,
not just the part that shows and I don't like to open the window and
see where where paint has dripped down on the bottom of the upper
sash, which is only seen when the lower sash is up.

I just think my parting strips have gotten thin over the years as the
windows rattle back and forth.  Now why do the wiggle from side to
side, and can I get fatter parting strips?  Ruth

At 9:19 AM -0400 4/10/00, Mike Devonshire wrote:
>In a message dated 4/9/2000 9:09:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
>writes:
>
><< those little skinny sticks
>  that go between the upper and lower sash. >>
>
>Ruth-
>
>Thjose things are called "parting strips" or if bull-nosed on the inner edge
>"parting beads". If you are trying to remove them yourself, they are called a
>pain in the ass.
>
>Village Idiot

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