Ian Jackson wrote:
In message ,
Martin Pentreath writes
On Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:55:54 PM UTC+1, Ian Jackson wrote:

How old is the house? If it's been there a long time, and there's no

sign that anything will collapse, I would be tempted to repair things

with something flexible, so at least the cracks won't reappear (or at

least so they will only appear at the junction of the flexible and

non-flexible parts - so you will know where they are).

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Ian

Hi Ian,

The house was built around 1880. But anyway, there aren't any
structural problems with the rest of it - it's just the bay window
that has no foundations. So really I'd already decided that it's just
a filler job. I'm wondering what the best filler is to use for this,
and particularly for the sill, which I think will be left with a
gaping hole after I've removed the bit that's cracked away.

Having done, in the past, a fair number of body repairs on my
ever-rusting bangers, I'd be tempted to use up some of my car repair
materials (fibreglass matting, resin and paste). I suppose 'Plastic
Padding' is maybe the most appropriate (especially the flexible type).
However, there are probably better 'genuine' building materials for the
job - which others will advise on.

One thing I discovered about 'genuine building materials' is that they
have only one overriding advantage. They are cheap.

One would be far better off with - say - a house made of GRP lined with
PU foam, and self colored gel coat on the outside, than rendered.
Especially if it were epoxy and not polyester. Bolts would be better
than nails.


Beams of Titanium would be far better than wood. etc.

I leave you to draw the obvious conclusions.


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