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There are tools that will remove those screws. The locksmith in a
department I worked with years ago had a tool like the one in this
article. He didn't use it very often but it worked for him.
https://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/inffastener/infoneway.html
Here's another article with a better picture of the tool and a couple other
suggestions. You might be able to cut a slot that a regular screwdriver
can grip.
https://www.insight-security.com/how-to-remove-one-way-screws
Randy
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 8:42 PM Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
wrote:
> New house was a foreclosure. It was 'secured' at some point. One of the
> security features was locking sash latches in all the windows. They did
> not leave a key to those locks. The sash latches are secured with
> security/one-way screws that cannot just be unscrewed.
>
> They're also pretty hard and so close to the window pane itself that
> drilling them with a reverse drill bit isn't working. And they're small
> enough that just grabbing them with a needle-nose vice grip isn't working
> either.
>
> Any advice before I do something stupid and screw up what we're some nice
> windows before the idiots got involved?
>
> Scott
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<div dir=3D"ltr">There are tools that will remove those screws.=C2=A0 The l=
ocksmith in a department I worked with years ago had a tool like the one in=
this article.=C2=A0 He didn't use it very often=C2=A0but it worked for=
him.=C2=A0<div><div><a href=3D"https://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/inffast=
ener/infoneway.html">https://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/inffastener/infone=
way.html</a><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>Here's another article =
with a better picture of the tool and a couple other suggestions.=C2=A0 You=
might be able to cut a slot that a regular screwdriver can grip.=C2=A0</di=
v><div><a href=3D"https://www.insight-security.com/how-to-remove-one-way-sc=
rews">https://www.insight-security.com/how-to-remove-one-way-screws</a><br>=
</div><div><br></div><div>Randy</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at=
8:42 PM Scott Hall <<a href=3D"mailto:scott.hall.personal@gmail.com";>sc=
ott.hall.personal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,=
204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">New house was a foreclosure.=
=C2=A0 It was 'secured' at some point.=C2=A0 One of the security fe=
atures was locking sash latches in all the windows.=C2=A0 They did not leav=
e a key to those locks.=C2=A0 The sash latches are secured with security/on=
e-way screws that cannot just be unscrewed.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"auto">They're also pretty hard and so close to the =
window pane itself that drilling them with a reverse drill bit isn't wo=
rking.=C2=A0 And they're small enough that just grabbing them with a ne=
edle-nose vice grip isn't working either.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"=
auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Any advice before I do something stupid a=
nd screw up what we're some nice windows before the idiots got involved=
?</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Scott</div></div>
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