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I'm replacing a window in my brick shed. I've taken the glass out and then removed all the rotten frame. I then assumed I could just go to B&Q and buy timber for the frame which I suppose I can but I thought I'd be able to buy peices with flanges cut into it and the wood for the window ledge (I.e. an angled wedge).
Apparently not.
Any idea where I can get this from?
Try your local timber merchants, they may have what you want, or be able to run it through their moulder to the profile you want.
My local builder's merchant sells all the bits you need eg window sills with rounded profile etc.
Ta. I went round the local builders merchants that were open but nothing.
Eventually I just bought some timber that could be screwed together to look like I wanted.
It's mostly in now. Nice and solid. Just got to fit the glass tomorrow and then get the sealant applied. Still haven't found any wood for the sill though.
meranti is an option
or you could go to Wickes or Jewson, Travis Perkins etc & buy a complete new window (provided their stocked sizes are suitable)
I'd do that if it was for a house but this is just for my shed. The timber has cost me about twenty quid so far.
you want patio cill or door cill, in hardwood, dont forget to put some damp proof course plastic under the cill before fiting.
company I work for makes doors & cubicles, used to make windows but we outsourced that. both softwood and hardwood windows use the same wood for the sills as for the rest of the frame. Hardwood is meranti, softwood is [b]I think[/b] pine.
Meranti is hardwood in name only. The brown version of Balsa wood.
Don't get a splinter; you will get septicaemia!
well I didn't know that. felt pretty substantial at the time
and yes, I do know that balsa is a hardwood