Soldato
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Hi All
Taking a slight break from the Lounge transformation as we haven't got babysitters for a little while, so we're concentrating on doing a few other jobs around the house.
One we want to tackle is the landing window. Having put up a sprung-loaded net curtain pole, we discovered that the half inch or so from the inside frame of the window has nothing more than a thin layer of plaster over it.
We discovered this as the fairly gentle pressure of the pole pushed a hole in the plaster. A further bit of gentle pushing enlarged the hole easily. This hole was letting in quite a draft so we've temporarily block it up with tissue:
We then found that the trim at the bottom was barely fixed in place and a little bit of effort removed it completely. Underneath it was a thin layer of mortar (?) again quite a draft was coming through.
A little bit of pressure and the mortar gave way to reveal there was also a gap underneath this too.
Excuse the terrible photo but this sort of shows the mortar pushed down into the gap.
I'd obviously like to sort this out as it looks a mess and is very drafty. I was thinking of chipping away the mortar/plaster all around the window so I can see exactly what the gap is looking like, then filling it with something, refitting the trim and then sealing with acrylic sealant.
Is this the best way of doing this? if so, what would be the best thing to use to fill the gap? I was wondering about expanding foam but it's not a huge gap so that'll probably be overkill.
Any thoughts very much appreciated.
Taking a slight break from the Lounge transformation as we haven't got babysitters for a little while, so we're concentrating on doing a few other jobs around the house.
One we want to tackle is the landing window. Having put up a sprung-loaded net curtain pole, we discovered that the half inch or so from the inside frame of the window has nothing more than a thin layer of plaster over it.
We discovered this as the fairly gentle pressure of the pole pushed a hole in the plaster. A further bit of gentle pushing enlarged the hole easily. This hole was letting in quite a draft so we've temporarily block it up with tissue:
We then found that the trim at the bottom was barely fixed in place and a little bit of effort removed it completely. Underneath it was a thin layer of mortar (?) again quite a draft was coming through.
A little bit of pressure and the mortar gave way to reveal there was also a gap underneath this too.
Excuse the terrible photo but this sort of shows the mortar pushed down into the gap.
I'd obviously like to sort this out as it looks a mess and is very drafty. I was thinking of chipping away the mortar/plaster all around the window so I can see exactly what the gap is looking like, then filling it with something, refitting the trim and then sealing with acrylic sealant.
Is this the best way of doing this? if so, what would be the best thing to use to fill the gap? I was wondering about expanding foam but it's not a huge gap so that'll probably be overkill.
Any thoughts very much appreciated.
