Victorian house with original large bay window.
We had new single glazed windows with curved tops fitted to the bay 6 weeks ago and acrylic putty was used. It's set hard on the outside but won't set on the inside because of condensation every night in the cold weather. It's like a mixture of porridge and chewing gum. I've now scraped it all out along the bottom leaving a channel half and inch deep and and three eighths wide. This would probably fill with water every night and I've just put masking tape over it for the time being. I want to put linseed oil putty in there but I'm afraid of sealing moisture inside.
So do you have any ideas on how to dry it out or maybe at least protect it till next summer? I don't want to use a heat gun in case it cracks the glass. (Because of the delicate curved shape, normal double glazing is not an option - I will be adding magnetic secondary glazing in acrylic sheets.)
Thank you
Mike
We had new single glazed windows with curved tops fitted to the bay 6 weeks ago and acrylic putty was used. It's set hard on the outside but won't set on the inside because of condensation every night in the cold weather. It's like a mixture of porridge and chewing gum. I've now scraped it all out along the bottom leaving a channel half and inch deep and and three eighths wide. This would probably fill with water every night and I've just put masking tape over it for the time being. I want to put linseed oil putty in there but I'm afraid of sealing moisture inside.
So do you have any ideas on how to dry it out or maybe at least protect it till next summer? I don't want to use a heat gun in case it cracks the glass. (Because of the delicate curved shape, normal double glazing is not an option - I will be adding magnetic secondary glazing in acrylic sheets.)
Thank you
Mike
