"Eric9822" wrote in message
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| On Mar 3, 7:33 pm, "Eigenvector" wrote:
| "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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| What is a window sill typically made of? I'm more interested in
standard
| construction rather than custom endangered species rainforest
wood or
| something like that.
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| I'm just about ready to start replacing my windows and I'm
looking at the
| window sill and framing material - 3/4" plywood. Seems pretty
damn
| chintzy to me, especially around something that will in all
likelyhood
| get damp or wet at some point. I'm personally not going to
replace it
| with plywood, but I wanted to level set my thinking here and make
sure
| I'm not being overly harsh on the contractor who built the place.
1960
| is the build date for this house.
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| Who cares what it's made of? No matter what, you will paint or
otherwise
| coat it as if it was a piece of balsa wood lashed to the mast of a
| sailboat about to go around the world eight time. You'll use the
best
| paint you can find in your town, or marine grade polyurethane,
because as
| you said, that wood's going to be exposed to moisture. And, as you
did not
| say, it'll be exposed to sunlight.
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| Well maybe I used the wrong terminology here. I mean the framing on
the
| INSIDE of the window, the window box material. Guess I'm not
totally sure
| what to call it. It isn't automatically painted, the front window
of my
| house has a piece of cedar for a sill.- Hide quoted text -
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| I usually use clear douglas fir or pine if it is to be painted.



just to add my 2 cents............ because I can.
spanish cedar, fir, yellow pine, mahogany, spruce are all used for
window sils.
heck, I've even seen pressure treated used also.




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