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Bed hardwood window board on mastic? Or similar

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I've got a hardwood windowboard for the kitchen. It's going to be going on to a flat plastered cill.

In the past in this kitchen we've had problems with silver fish, the little devils. They were living under the tiles, which had be dot and dabbed. I want to fix this window board with no void under it at all, however small. In the bathroom upstairs I fixed it onto wet sand and cement and screwed down tight. It warped a bit, surprise surprise.

I thought this time I would fix it onto some sort of mastic type material. Spread a thin layer onto the plastered cill, with a notched tiling trowel (front to back so the air can get out), then screw down hard, hopefully leaving no voids.

Is there a mastic/glue/sealant that anybody would recommend?

Thanks.
 
No nails.
If screwing don't screw through centre of boards as it will still allow bowing.
 
Gripfill, does as it says in the name, grips and also fills.
If you want to spread it with a notched trowel, I would omit using any nozzle pump out large strips, along the length of the plasterboard cill, then trowel this and fix down the wooden cill...pinenot :)
 

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