Re: Window Channel

Posted by HH56 On 2017/5/10 8:54:50

You can use screws of pop rivets to attach the channel. Just be careful that the head is buried in the felt and rubber at the back of the channel so it can not extend into the path of the glass.

For the hole locations in the channel, sometimes one will fall between or right on the edge of the metal segments and when the fastener is attached the segments will just push aside. Others will be right in the middle of a segment so an actual drilled hole is needed.

I use flat head screws or rivets so the countersunk portion under the head is able to push material aside and burrow down into the felt and rubber. Screws do it on their own but if you use pop rivets, place the rivet in the hole and then add regular threaded nuts over the pin as needed to build up a solid thickness of maybe 1/4" before placing the pin in the rivet tool. That way the nose of the tool will be able to apply pressure directly to the rivet head and pull the pin to set the rivet tightly without distorting the sides of the channel.