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Posted by EXT on June 26, 2008, 5:16 pm
I am sure that your other windows don't have a solid concrete feature.
Besides concrete over wood -- bad news as moisture in the concrete will
cause rot.
As others have suggested, you need to consider stucco and stucco techniques.
> Hi I have a question on the best way to form a small section of concrete
> in an overhang area. It's probably easier to see a picture so here goes:
>
> http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/courtyard/window.jpg
>
> It's an existing concrete block wall, I have installed a new window and
> above the window is the tie beam and there is a soffit and roof structure
> above the window.
>
> Where I labeled the word "Here" is where I am having trouble. I need to
> form a strip of concrete overhang along the top edge of the window, over
> the wood framing. I need to do this because there are three other
> equivalent size existing windows that looks like that along that wall so I
> need to match it.
>
> I can see screwing a 2x4 along the bottom edge of that concrete, do I just
> then scoop concrete into the slot until it fills up and finish it flat?
> Seems this would be difficult to do I remember last time I was doing this
> there were more spillage on the ground then there is in that narrow space.
>
> Someone mentioned to me to have a piece of wood at the bottom, then spray
> in those foam to fill up the space, not all of it but most of it, then use
> concrete to fill in the rest?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> MC
>
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