Internal window frame coming off wall

[Nathanlowe25]

Hello

My internal window frames are cracked and pulling away from the wall and letting draught in.

How can I best repair this?

I have looked online and there seems varying advice with regards to caulk, glue and expanding foam.

If I press my hand against the frame it pushes against the wall.

Thanks

Nathan.

 

[Nathanlowe25]

Can anyone help please ?

 

[conny]

Is it a wooden frame? If so, it has probably shrunk so needs to be secures back to the wall.
You could use things like caulk and expanding foam etc but, personally, I would be looking to screw it securely to the brick work behind.
A couple of screws, 1 x top, 1 x near bottom and 1 x central, countersunk below the surface of the wood, some filler, sand down smooth and paint.

Others may have different suggestions.

 

[robinbanks]

Are you referring to the hairline crack in the sealant?

Use a craft knife to cut the old sealant off. Apply new sealant of your choice

Or leave it

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Dunno what we're looking at there, a better photo and description would help. The answers to your questions will only ever be as good as the effort you put ino asking them.

 

[Nathanlowe25]

The material is plastic and I cannot see any visible screws so I would be hesitant to do this and risk cracking.

With regards to the second question, yes I am referring to the crack all the way down the sealant. The reason we don’t want to leave it is because it’s letting a draught in.

Thank you

 

[Nathanlowe25]

Dunno what we're looking at there, a better photo and description would help. The answers to your questions will only ever be as good as the effort you put ino asking them.

Apologies for not being clear. Does this image help?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Apologies for not being clear. Does this image help?

Yes, much better, we can see it in context now.

 

[robinbanks]

The reason we don’t want to leave it is because it’s letting a draught in

Indicative that there's a bigger problem than that.. Sealing it up may stop the draught you can feel but the cold world air is still reaching all the way behind all the window surround material; it would be better sealed at source (re-do/do the job of foaming the window in with a good, consistent bead of expanding foam, for example) but if you're determined to resolve just the draught coming through the crack my earlier advice remains unchanged - redo the sealant