Problems with a window...
 

I'm in the process of replacing an about 20 year old Magnet softwood
window which was rotten with a UPV one from Screwfix. I didn't measure the
old one carefully, assuming they were standard sizes, and how wrong can
you be...
The new one, the only one they do close to the original in size, is about
75mm too short in height. Not enough of a gap for a full brick, though.

Seems strange to me - I'd have thought since the majority of sales would
be for replacements in houses with non metric bricks, they'd be sized to
an equal number of courses.

So, what's the easiest way to make up the gap underneath? Cutting bricks
in half or thereabouts height wise sounds rather skilled for me, unless my
tile cutter would do this in a couple of passes. Use creasing tiles? Or
can you buy bricks to match London stocks that would do the job?

Any suggestions gratefully received...

--
*Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one? *

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

Problems with a window...
 

If you are packing 75mm under the window cill, then if its downstairs you will probably never see it.
Sprayfoam and a covering of UPVc trim (held on with silicone) seems to be the order of the day.
You are going to sprayfoam all round the window anyway.

However, putting the trim at the top might look less obvious.

If you really want to do bricks, you dont need full bricks, you can slice parts out with an angle grinder, its time consuming though, and not my favorite tool.


Rick


On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:29:17 +0100, Dave Plowman wrote:
I'm in the process of replacing an about 20 year old Magnet softwood
window which was rotten with a UPV one from Screwfix. I didn't measure the
old one carefully, assuming they were standard sizes, and how wrong can
you be...
The new one, the only one they do close to the original in size, is about
75mm too short in height. Not enough of a gap for a full brick, though.

Seems strange to me - I'd have thought since the majority of sales would
be for replacements in houses with non metric bricks, they'd be sized to
an equal number of courses.

So, what's the easiest way to make up the gap underneath? Cutting bricks
in half or thereabouts height wise sounds rather skilled for me, unless my
tile cutter would do this in a couple of passes. Use creasing tiles? Or
can you buy bricks to match London stocks that would do the job?

Any suggestions gratefully received...

--
*Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one? *

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

Problems with a window...
 

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 20:50:04 GMT, Rick Dipper
wrote:

If you are packing 75mm under the window cill, then if its downstairs you will probably never see it.
Sprayfoam and a covering of UPVc trim (held on with silicone) seems to be the order of the day.
You are going to sprayfoam all round the window anyway.

However, putting the trim at the top might look less obvious.

If you really want to do bricks, you dont need full bricks, you can slice parts out with an angle grinder, its time consuming though, and not my favorite tool.


Rick


Some bodging builder put in a double glazed window in a house now
rented out down the road.

He obviously got the window for free or knocked off as it is seriously
too small - there's a white plastic cover (probably a cill cover) of
some sort at the top which would be ok except it's at least six inches
thick... ;-)

So I'd go for building it up with half bricks. If you get them from a
brick/block supplier they might cut them to size ?

Mark S.

Problems with a window...
 

If you've enough bricks, to lose a few, you can get them thin enough with
either a chipping hammer or the edge of a bricklaying trowel!
Regards
Capitol

Mark wrote in message ...
On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 20:50:04 GMT, Rick Dipper
wrote:

If you are packing 75mm under the window cill, then if its downstairs you
will probably never see it.
Sprayfoam and a covering of UPVc trim (held on with silicone) seems to be
the order of the day.
You are going to sprayfoam all round the window anyway.

However, putting the trim at the top might look less obvious.

If you really want to do bricks, you dont need full bricks, you can slice
parts out with an angle grinder, its time consuming though, and not my
favorite tool.


Rick


Some bodging builder put in a double glazed window in a house now
rented out down the road.

He obviously got the window for free or knocked off as it is seriously
too small - there's a white plastic cover (probably a cill cover) of
some sort at the top which would be ok except it's at least six inches
thick... ;-)

So I'd go for building it up with half bricks. If you get them from a
brick/block supplier they might cut them to size ?

Mark S.

Problems with a window...
 

I would suggest casting a 75mm concrete sill. If you don't have cast
sill's with ledges at the moment that is?

If you cast it so that the face is level with the bricks of the house,
i think it would look fine.
I wouldn't want to use spray foam and a plastic cover!

You can get concrete colouring. Probably brick red, but i have never
used these.
I think it would look best as plain concrete.

Regards,

Rich


Dave Plowman wrote in message ...
In article ,
Rick Dipper wrote:
If you are packing 75mm under the window cill, then if its downstairs
you will probably never see it. Sprayfoam and a covering of UPVc trim
(held on with silicone) seems to be the order of the day. You are going
to sprayfoam all round the window anyway.

Unfortunately, it's right in the eyeline of my favourite seat in the
garden, so it has to look good.

However, putting the trim at the top might look less obvious.

I don't want to lower the window position, though, and dropping it by
anything near 75mm would leave a gap to the internal tiles. And I don't
want to re-do all that.

If you really want to do bricks, you dont need full bricks, you can
slice parts out with an angle grinder, its time consuming though, and
not my favorite tool.

Not mine either for this job.