Making Concrete Window Sills

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Making concrete window sills.

We have built up a product range that cannot be matched by any of our competitors. Here s a link to the router bit https amz. Resurface stained or cracked concrete window sills with new concrete. It took me all of about 30 minutes to make ours.

Make wooden moulds wrought inside of the dimensions and shapes of the heads and sills arranging one side to be removable as shown in the sketch. Apply a 3 8 inch thick layer of concrete all over the sill with a trowel following any contours to mimic its original shape. You may remember this from the blog on architectual detail for a reason the illusion of larger windows. What i ended up with was a.

After setting and leveling the window sills bill made a decorative wood apron to give it a finished look. In fact we have one of the largest ranges of window sills in the whole of europe. If you fit new window sills you can make them to match in all your rooms. If you didn t know you can t really buy window sills.

I ll show you how we made ours and you ll see it s not terribly difficult. From the inside take the measurement from end to end fig 5 1. Since this video i learned about a router bit for profiling the edge of window sills which is easier. Now that the window sill is exposed inside its a simple 2 step process to measure the width.

Use a paintbrush to apply concrete bonding agent to the entire window sill. You may be able to find some online but the best way to get a window sill is to make them. Measuring an old window sill width. There are a number of ways you can do this such as window sills that simply fit over the old ones but you can also cover the old window sills with tiles or natural stone.

Kpc has been manufacturing precast concrete window sills almost since its humble beginnings the late 1960 s. He used hot glue to adhere it to the concrete and then pin nailed the lower part to the drywall. Forming concrete window sills and heads. For the concrete take one part by measure of portland cement one part of.

Kpc precast concrete window sills. My side jamb was notched at an angle to accept the window sill fig 5 2. Here s how to make a window sill. Wedges driven through iron straps tighten up the mould when it is to be used.

Whether you require bay sills corner sills or wide face sills we can offer you a solution that will suit your needs.