I am getting new windows in the front of my house and am not sure what to do about the cill.
Originally I had planned to get windows without any cill and sit them on the concrete one, when the fitter came round to measure up he suggested fitting an 85 mm stub cill.
He said he believed it would look better as there would be not drain caps on the window which discolour over time and that it would also mean there would be no large visible bead (or fillet) across the bottom edge of the window (as the concrete one is not level).
For context the cills are very rough pitted / bumpy concrete (100+ years old) newly painted white, they are on the tilt about ~15mm out of level over the 800mm width (window heights are 1500-1800mm).
The concrete cills protrude about 5cm past the house brickwork, are quite high (maybe 20cm) and are on a gentle slope, I am told the stub cill should not pass the house brickwork.
Can provide pictures of how it is currently if useful.
Originally I had planned to get windows without any cill and sit them on the concrete one, when the fitter came round to measure up he suggested fitting an 85 mm stub cill.
He said he believed it would look better as there would be not drain caps on the window which discolour over time and that it would also mean there would be no large visible bead (or fillet) across the bottom edge of the window (as the concrete one is not level).
For context the cills are very rough pitted / bumpy concrete (100+ years old) newly painted white, they are on the tilt about ~15mm out of level over the 800mm width (window heights are 1500-1800mm).
The concrete cills protrude about 5cm past the house brickwork, are quite high (maybe 20cm) and are on a gentle slope, I am told the stub cill should not pass the house brickwork.
Can provide pictures of how it is currently if useful.