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 -- Ruth Barton [log in to unmask] Westminster, VT