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Catching up on the various maintenance jobs which the previous owner of our house had neglected...
We have a round window with a stain glasses panel on the side of the house. It looked a bit iffy and when I poked it the frame turned out to be shot. It seems to be made from an outer frame (about 30 mm deep) and an inner frame (70 mm deep). The rot has spread into the inner frame at the bottom.
I’ve been thinking how to try and sort this out...
A. New upvc window with stained glass encapsulated in the unit. Been quoted £850 inc fitting - ouch.
B. Buy a replacement frame: found a chap who will make one bespoke in oak, £370, and I’d fit it myself.
C. Attempt to repair what’s there: hack out rot from inner frame, use “wet rot hardener” then copious amounts of epoxy filler to make good. Fabricate an “outer frame” by cutting a ring from two pieces of 18 mum ply sandwiched together. I’d put a rebate in for the glass to fit and run a rounding bit on the inner edge. Prime and paint.
I’m thinking C would be cheapest but not sure how durable this would be? Has anyone got any experience of doing similar or better ideas?
Photos below. Pic of rot may not be exhaustive, I stopped poking around as I didn’t want the window to fall out before I had a solution!
Catching up on the various maintenance jobs which the previous owner of our house had neglected...
We have a round window with a stain glasses panel on the side of the house. It looked a bit iffy and when I poked it the frame turned out to be shot. It seems to be made from an outer frame (about 30 mm deep) and an inner frame (70 mm deep). The rot has spread into the inner frame at the bottom.
I’ve been thinking how to try and sort this out...
A. New upvc window with stained glass encapsulated in the unit. Been quoted £850 inc fitting - ouch.
B. Buy a replacement frame: found a chap who will make one bespoke in oak, £370, and I’d fit it myself.
C. Attempt to repair what’s there: hack out rot from inner frame, use “wet rot hardener” then copious amounts of epoxy filler to make good. Fabricate an “outer frame” by cutting a ring from two pieces of 18 mum ply sandwiched together. I’d put a rebate in for the glass to fit and run a rounding bit on the inner edge. Prime and paint.
I’m thinking C would be cheapest but not sure how durable this would be? Has anyone got any experience of doing similar or better ideas?
Photos below. Pic of rot may not be exhaustive, I stopped poking around as I didn’t want the window to fall out before I had a solution!