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Posted by Thurman H. on October 6, 2007, 3:45 pm
Steve wrote:
> Hello. The windows in my Mom's house were just replaced. Apparently they had
> to move the windows about 1/4" forward from where the previous windows were
> (according to the person who installed it, this was necessary to get a good
> seal so air couldn't get it - apparently the previous windows had not been
> installed correctly and didn't have a good seal) so on each window there's
> now about 0.25" space on the window sill (between the sill and the window).
>
> I asked the window person what to do about the void. He said to fill it with
> a piece of wood so I'm attempting to do that. The other alternative I guess
> is to use wood putty or bondo to fill in the void.
>
> I measured the void on one window to see what size of wood I would need.
> Upon doing so, I found out the distance between the window and edge of the
> sill (the depth measurement) varies significantly as you go from one end of
> the window to the other so that one piece of wood with the same
> cross-sectional area would not fit well.
>
> Solving this is a head scratcher for me. The space seems too big to fill it
> all with wood putty or bondo (the size of the void on each window is roughly
> 35" wide, 1" high, and 0.25" deep so it would be a lot of wood putty or
> bondo).
>
> I'm guessing the thing to do is fill each void with several pieces of wood,
> each piece having a different depth (since the depth of the void changes as
> you go from one end of the window to the other) and glue them in somehow (or
> nail them in with small nails and top it off with wood putty) and then fill
> around those pieces of wood with wood putty or bondo. And somehow make all
> this look like a continuation of the existing window sill after the sill and
> void are painted.
>
> I'd appreciate any ideas on how to solve this problem. I'd also appreciate
> responses from people who have used a lot of wood putty (or bondo or
> whatever) to fill a large void like what I have and how it worked out.
>
> Thanks!
Your mother's windows were a wood common opening. The installer put the
replacement windows against the outside stops, so they wouldn't have to
cap off the exterior. In doing so, you see the results on the interior.
The installer should have trimmed out the interior with 1/4 round.
The other option was to install against the inside stops, and cap off
the exterior with aluminum. This is the preferred method, especially if
the inside woodwork is stained, and not painted.
It appears, your installer did not want to complete the job for a nice
appearance. This is done often, by bidding a job low to get the
installation. But, you get a half-assed job. Sometimes, it's just to cut
corners, and put more profit into the job. Other times, some just don't
know how to do the job right.
Check your contract, to see exactly what was included with the installation.
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