Interior window flush in stud wall

[gken1]

Hello all

I am looking for ideas about how to put a window approx. 1mx 1m into an interior sud wall. Thing is I would like it to be as flush as possible to one side of the stud wall. How to edge or fix up to the plasterboard.

I don't want to stick wooden mouldings around it. Some kind of aluminium trim or such like maybe. I know that the glass can be silicone onto the studs either straight on or could recess the studs 6mm . But how to tidy the join with the plasterboard?

A bloke in a glass specialist had seen one case and described to me how they used something he recalled as "flush gap" fixings but I have drawn a blank on that

 

[Pigeon85]

You could finish the edge with a plasterboard stop bead then fill and feather out with easi fill. That will give you a nice straight edge to butt the window up to.

 

[gken1]

Thank you for that. Thing is either the glass can be siliconed on top of the studs which needs a border of 5cm or so all round I am told (or maybe just top and bottom) or I put in some kind of frame to hold it within the stud frame.

Glass is 6 or 8mm, plasterboard is 12 or 13mm. So most likely the plasterboard will be over the top of the glass (if silicone) or proud of the glass .

So how would the plasterboard edge be finished?

 

[Pigeon85]

Just so I'm fully understanding you want to place a pane of glass within a stud wall (which is not a problem) but want it flush on one side.

 

[gken1]

That is right.

And I have been told / can see two approaches - frame it within the studs somehow.

Or silicon it over the outside of the studs.

Either way I am struggling with the finish to the plasterboard

thanks

 

[Pigeon85]

The best finish I could think of would be to have a batten either side of the glass but leave a over hang of plaster board so you end up with the batten being flush with the edge of plasterboard then use an angle bead and fill. You will end up with a edge the thickness of the board (12.5mm) plus batten and bead. If its not a big heavy bit of glass you could get away with something the same thickness as the plasterboard.

 

[gken1]

thanks a lot