replacing window and space with hard cord

[AstonHill]

so say if i wanted to replace a window and its space with hard core like concreate then what would be the best stuff i could use

 

[robinbanks]

Define "best"? Cheapest? Fastest setting? Prettiest colour? Most sound deadening? Etc

 

[Mottie]

Define "best"? Cheapest? Fastest setting? Prettiest colour? Most sound deadening? Etc

….bailiff defeating?

 

[AstonHill]

Define "best"? Cheapest? Fastest setting? Prettiest colour? Most sound deadening? Etc

Best; so that it is sound and heat proof
Setting time; not to bothered really
not bothered about color really as a tin of paint will finish it off
Is cement and sand the cheapest option for this?

But bottom line is sound proofing priority first?

Thanks

 

[AstonHill]

….bailiff defeating?

nothing to do with bailifig at all matty!

You seam to be an expert at everything and know all the answers to everything though

 

[robinbanks]

But bottom line is sound proofing priority first?

Triple glazing with different sized gaps may help, but otherwise no different to the rest of the wall construction if doing it in concrete: a sandwich of concrete-insulation-concrete. PIR/PUR generally best value insulation if space is limited.

Shutter the hole except for a gap at the top, shovel concrete through it and vibrate the shutter gently with a hammer, or an SDS breaker with a large blunted chisel etc
Make your concrete up slightly wetter, so you can't quite make it mound up when scraped with a shovel. If making an insulation sandwich you'll either need to fill both sides at the same time/gradually or fix the insulation so it's central in the wall, shutter one side, fill and wit til it sets then shutter and fill the other

 

[Mottie]

nothing to do with bailifig at all matty!

I'm not your matt.

 

[AstonHill]

Triple glazing with different sized gaps may help, but otherwise no different to the rest of the wall construction if doing it in concrete: a sandwich of concrete-insulation-concrete. PIR/PUR generally best value insulation if space is limited.

So are you saying concrete is more insulating then glass per volume?

Shutter the hole except for a gap at the top, shovel concrete through it and vibrate the shutter gently with a hammer, or an SDS breaker with a large blunted chisel etc

From memory I know you have to vibrate it to get the hard cord into the gaps, but no fancy jack hammer this time just use what you said above

Make your concrete up slightly wetter, so you can't quite make it mound up when scraped with a shovel. If making an insulation sandwich you'll either need to fill both sides at the same time/gradually or fix the insulation so it's central in the wall, shutter one side, fill and wit til it sets then shutter and fill the other

But do i need a sandwitch? can i not just fill the whole gap?

Any ideas on ration mixture?

Thanks

 

[AstonHill]

I'm not your matt.

no; you are a mott.