Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
George \(dicegeorge\) wrote:
There are big gaps in my wooden window frames where the wood has rotted-
but to fill it with car body filler would cost a lot of fivers, so could
I paint it with Cuprinol 5 star anti-rot then fill it with expanding
foam then skim the surface with car body filler or Polyfilla exterior
filler or something similar and then paint it?

Once rot has got a hold anything like this is just a stopgap. The only way
is to cut it out and replace with new timber. Which won't cost 'lots of
fivers'.


Body filler has lasted over 20 years on my sills.