First our double glazing is a bit dodgy - have been told they are good quality but have been really really badly fitted.
All the windows are lined with wood board and then there is architrade around the window on the inside...
I am about to have my ancient kitchen replaced and for various reasons - to do with worktop height/wood and water/mouldy joints -the architrade on the window/door unit has to go - and so then has the lining board.
The lining board was silconed to old wallpaper. On the sides there was a gap of approx 2cm between the bricks and the frame. On the top there is a gap of 3+ cms...I can see daylight through the silicon seal on the outside...
The whole unit is approx 2.5 m wide and the only support I can see at the top is a fixing screw almost in the middle my dad put in (because the unit was moving in the wind! when we first moved in) and a thin plastic strap that was screwed to the plaster ..but not attached to the window at all...with such a big gap the fixing screw can only go into the brick by approx 1cm.
Ok so is this normal? Is it safe? Was the board there to support it in some way? Can I just fill the gap with some expanding foam and get the plasterer to fill in and then cover the remaining gap with a piece of moulding?
Also if this isn't safe -do I need to check out all the windows in my house - thinking mainly of one of the living room windows (2.5 by 2m almost to floor level..my children sit on the ledge...or worse the upstairs windows)
Thanks
All the windows are lined with wood board and then there is architrade around the window on the inside...
I am about to have my ancient kitchen replaced and for various reasons - to do with worktop height/wood and water/mouldy joints -the architrade on the window/door unit has to go - and so then has the lining board.
The lining board was silconed to old wallpaper. On the sides there was a gap of approx 2cm between the bricks and the frame. On the top there is a gap of 3+ cms...I can see daylight through the silicon seal on the outside...
The whole unit is approx 2.5 m wide and the only support I can see at the top is a fixing screw almost in the middle my dad put in (because the unit was moving in the wind! when we first moved in) and a thin plastic strap that was screwed to the plaster ..but not attached to the window at all...with such a big gap the fixing screw can only go into the brick by approx 1cm.
Ok so is this normal? Is it safe? Was the board there to support it in some way? Can I just fill the gap with some expanding foam and get the plasterer to fill in and then cover the remaining gap with a piece of moulding?
Also if this isn't safe -do I need to check out all the windows in my house - thinking mainly of one of the living room windows (2.5 by 2m almost to floor level..my children sit on the ledge...or worse the upstairs windows)
Thanks