Recent content by henkeeper

Ah i get you - like a sash window, or those ones that have shutters that fold back into the reveal.... No not moving w/f. PVC frame is fitted on external skin of brickwork on a concrete padstone, all of which is fine and dandy. Problem is that the width of window opening on internal...

Great! Thanks pinenot I understand now, but what I want to do rather than make a box (which is hollow) I would like to put something solid across the internal lintel area (ie timber batons or the like attached to original timber lintel) so that it gives something sound to attach curtain rail /...

ps no no load issues as far as I can tell. The brickwork is supported by the timber lintel, and then the timber 'baseplate' (?) for the roof is on top of that. House built in the 40's and I think they guessed how big things were in those days - I had a internal door opening downstairs that I...

Thanks Pinenot. No drawing, but I think I get what you mean. That's kind of where I was going only I planned on putting two 2x2's in one above the other across the full width of the opening, pb on top then basecoat/skim on top of that, rather than box out. I'm trying to avoid having voids in...

Thanks, my initial thoughts were just to pack out with timber, not considered dpc though, but wasn't sure whether I could get away with that or if it was more technical..... Obviously over thinking it :) Presumably I'd just face the timber packers with a piece of pb and skim over?

Not sure what to do with this - any suggestions welcome. Having taken the plaster off the external cavity wall in this room to enable a complete replaster due to old blown plaster I discovered that above the window there is no internal lintel. There is a large timber one on the external...