Window Cleanup

Hi,

We recently had a window board replaced.

Previously there was a plastic beading along the window board to cover a gap, I understand this was removed in order to get the old board off.

This has left us with the current situation
-The PVC where the board was previously glued on is a mess - there is some sort of hard residue stuck to the existing PVC. I think this may be old glue - any idea to remove this?
-Pic 3 - the vertical beating does not reach the new board (it previously reached beading) - this means there is gap between the board and the vertical beading that looks a bit funny

Any advice is appreciated we are a bit lost on what to do.

Hi. There's no doubt a reason why, however I'm not sure why they didn't just install the new sill in line with the old one, thus covering the sticky residue and not leaving the gap at the vertical beading.

Things like WD-40 and alcohol based products (e.g. nail polish remover) work. Or products like HG Sticker Remover or Goo Gone. Regardless of what you use to remove the residue, always try it on a small area first, wash off then wait a while to ensure no bad reaction and/or dulling of the plastic. As for the gap under the beading, you could either piece another bit in, replace the whole bead or, if you're half decent with filler, fill the area and shape accordingly.

Hope this helps

Hi thank you so much definitely helps. There was previously a beading covering the old sill that had to come off in order to get the old window board off. It was the old beading covering the residue.

I’m considering getting a new horizontal and if that doesn’t work, longer vertical beading. Any advice on how to get a beading that fits ?

I'm not sure if you want wooden or plastic beading. Regardless, if you Google either wooden quadrant or plastic quadrant you'll find what you need, lots of suppliers. You just need to decide what size and length you need.

Perfect thanks mate. Will have a look at replacing that once the skim has dried in the room.

Hi all,

Apologies for bringing this up again but I have had quite a few unsuccessful attempts and am stuck on what to do next with this situation. We have just had this window board replaced.

In this picture you can see the 2 gaps under the existing vertical quadrants.



In this picture you can see that the strip of upvc that runs all the way along the window board is manked up, it's a combination of old glue, the previous beading that the carpenter doing the sill removed, and general scratches.



The obvious thing and what was suggested before would be to put a bit of upvc beading along the window board to cover the manked up upvc and go under the 2 quadrant holes.

What I have noticed when doing this is:
-The window board doesn't seem to be flat (you can see in this picture below is raises at 1 end)
-This results in the gaps under the quadrant not being the same depth
-I'm not sure a beading will solve it because you will still see the top of the manked up upvc strip not covered by the beading, and it may still look funny that the window board doesnt appear to be flat



Any thoughts on this?