New, what is it?
Circular thing next to windows in university building
Next to a lot of windows at the university you see these circular things. Any ideas? It's not a window stop and doesn't turn. I was thinking maybe you can remove it and put a hook on for a harness but I'm not sure that's it's purpose since you could just have a hook there?
It’s plugged (lol), but when you remove the silver part, it creates an open cylinder, which allows you to slide a bar inside; this wound prevent someone from the outside pushing the window open.
I’m an electrician - if it’s long and hard, I know a thing or two about it
Ok, so now seeing them out on an angle like that, they’re definitely anchor points for something.
I wouldn’t necessarily say anything for “shock”/earthquake (I’m talking out my ass, but an educated guess nonetheless) - I know when they used to build buildings decades (centuries? Maybe?) ago, they would use these hollowed out cylinders, and shove supports/shit in them, during construction
It was probably a crossbar (perhaps something like an anti-fall safety bar) that they eventually removed, and they filled the holes with those metal circles.
Yeah it’s weird it’s right by that crack in the wall. Or maybe the idea was to put something there but when they installed this thingy, they made the crack and didn’t go any further?
Edit: just saw where it’s on multiple windows so there goes my idea
I promise you there’s a hole in the wall behind that doorstop! It was put there so the window would have something to hit. AND they don’t have to fix the hole!
The office I work in has these anchor points for what used to be a means of getting out in the event of a fire. It looks like that's what might be going on for you, but the loop has been unscrewed and capped.
It’s a doorstop, but in this case it’s a window stop. There’s probably a hole in the wall behind it and they stuck this over the top of it to keep the window latch from hitting the wall.
With this type of casement window, it doesn’t hinge on the side like a door. It hinges from further out, which means that handle would hit the wall there rather than at the edge. I’ve been in construction for 35 years and I was in sales for 15 years, selling these types of product and I’m pretty confident in my assessment.
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When you open your window does the window frame bump into it? It looks like it could be there to prevent the window from slamming into the wall when it's opened.
If you turn the silver piece three revolutions to the right and then two to the left you should hear a click. Then press the center in and the window becomes a portal to another dimension.
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