balanced sash

balanced sash

[′bal·ənst ‚sash]

(building construction)

In a double-hung window, a sash which opens by being raised or lowered and which is balanced with counterweights or pretensioned springs so that little force is required to move the sash.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

balanced sash

In a double-hung window, a sash which opens by being raised or lowered and whose weight is balanced with counterweights or with pretensioned springs so that little force is required to lift the sash.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.