Hello,
My grandmother has a building problem & I thought I would post here for some advice for her.
She lives in a semi-detatched 3 bedroom house in West Midlands. Her house is double glazed throughout & she has the old aluminium double glazing frames. She had her double glazing done about 20 years ago.
The problem is this: Underneath the large window in her bedroom at the front of the house there is no bricks supporting the window. There is bricks all around the window, at the sides and above the window but there is no bricks underneath the window. I had a tap around her window to see if she was mistaken but I don't think she is (& admittably my late grandfather, father & auntie have all said exactly the same thing over the years). Underneath her window it sounds hollow whereas around the window (& the rest of the house for that matter) it sounds solid with the bricks.
I know barely anything about building work. Just enough to get by. Underneath the window it has been plastered and my grandmother recently told me when she orignally had the windows fitted 20 years ago, whoever did it "botched up" the job & the bricks came tumbling down when the original bedroom window was removed so the builder plaster boarded underneath the window. She definitely had a cowboy builder but not suprising really as my late grandfather was always having jobs done by builders who came door to door advising him to have work done.
The bedroom is always cold & the wallpaper at the sides of the window is regularly needing replastering. Even with the heating on this room doesn't get much warmer.
I was hoping someone may be able to advise me about this job so I can pass the information on to my grandmother. She is seriously considering having the window removed and bricked up underneath like it should of been done in the begining & then re-fixing the window but of course she's worried about the price.
Does anyone know roughly how much this would cost?
Is there a way to make the window (& underneath) more structually sound?
She has a fascia board at the front of the house underneath the bedroom window & a year ago she had to have the window replastered underneath because the plaster was peeling off.
My grandmother has a building problem & I thought I would post here for some advice for her.
She lives in a semi-detatched 3 bedroom house in West Midlands. Her house is double glazed throughout & she has the old aluminium double glazing frames. She had her double glazing done about 20 years ago.
The problem is this: Underneath the large window in her bedroom at the front of the house there is no bricks supporting the window. There is bricks all around the window, at the sides and above the window but there is no bricks underneath the window. I had a tap around her window to see if she was mistaken but I don't think she is (& admittably my late grandfather, father & auntie have all said exactly the same thing over the years). Underneath her window it sounds hollow whereas around the window (& the rest of the house for that matter) it sounds solid with the bricks.
I know barely anything about building work. Just enough to get by. Underneath the window it has been plastered and my grandmother recently told me when she orignally had the windows fitted 20 years ago, whoever did it "botched up" the job & the bricks came tumbling down when the original bedroom window was removed so the builder plaster boarded underneath the window. She definitely had a cowboy builder but not suprising really as my late grandfather was always having jobs done by builders who came door to door advising him to have work done.
The bedroom is always cold & the wallpaper at the sides of the window is regularly needing replastering. Even with the heating on this room doesn't get much warmer.
I was hoping someone may be able to advise me about this job so I can pass the information on to my grandmother. She is seriously considering having the window removed and bricked up underneath like it should of been done in the begining & then re-fixing the window but of course she's worried about the price.
Does anyone know roughly how much this would cost?Is there a way to make the window (& underneath) more structually sound?
She has a fascia board at the front of the house underneath the bedroom window & a year ago she had to have the window replastered underneath because the plaster was peeling off.
