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Window to frame overlap

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When closed, there's very little overlap between the frame and the window frame lip for the bubble gasket to form a seal on.

I've taken some measurements and about 6mm overlap on the outside and about 5mm on the inside.
When closed I can see daylight on the hinge side. I was going to redrill and move the glazing frame over a bit but I have no 'spare' on the lock side.

Is it acceptable practise to get wider gasket which obviously would be proud of the frames?

The windows originally installed when the house was built 2003/04 had flipper gasket but when I replaced some glazing units, I replaced the gasket with bubble type.

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Ars you sure it's not a failing set of hinges causing you to see daylight on the hinge side?
 
Ars you sure it's not a failing set of hinges causing you to see daylight on the hinge side?
I'd say not because I fitted new hinges when fitting the bubble gasket. I can move the window frames about 2mm further to the hinge side to make the hinge and lock side overlaps the same.

I'm thinking of fitting some R5019X gasket which is wider than the bubble gasket I fitted.
 
If you can see daylight after fitting hinges then they are slightly in the wrong position and the casement is too far over towards the handle side
 

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