Window board/ledge/cill - White

[canalsiderenovation]

Our builder has asked us to consider which window boards we want inside. We have no idea, as long as they are white as our uPVC aluclad windows from Internorm are white inside.

 

He mentioned MDF which has conjured up all sorts of images of Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen creating all sorts of monstrosities on Changing Rooms!

 

Any suggestions?

[Pete]

We have used granite to cut down on maintenance. If you contact your local merchant they have off cuts which are usually a lot cheaper and work out quite good value

[Gav_P]

We used mdf, fine if you want a cheap and nondescript, basic look. I have used tiles in the past and even glass, but I really like Pete’s idea of granite (if it suits your design). 

[Roys]

In the place I have just renovated I put PVC window cills in the rooms with taps, so the kitchen, util room, en-suite and bathroom. Dead easy to keep wipe down and clean and no painting. It was also only about £30 for 4.8M of it.

The rest of the cills are MDF.

[ProDave]

In the last house I used wooden window boards that warped like bananas.  I wanted anything but that this time.

 

Most living rooms and bedrooms have window boards made of left over engineered oak floor boards.

 

Bathrooms have window boards made from offcuts of multipanel.

 

Kitchen has granite window cill to match worktop and a granite upstand

 

Utility room has a slate tiled window cill using left overs from the slate floor tiles.

 

[canalsiderenovation]

@ProDave what window boards warped? Were these MDF?

1 hour ago, Roys said:

In the place I have just renovated I put PVC window cills in the rooms with taps, so the kitchen, util room, en-suite and bathroom.

 

I hardly see PVC mentioned here. Is there a reason? My parents have them and they have scratched badly.

 

I know a friend who had granite to match her worktop (black). I suspect these may be quite expensive (10 required) and I'm not sure how they would look given we won't have granite in other rooms. It would also need to be quite neutral against the white.

 

[MikeGrahamT21]

Duraboard gets my vote every time!

 

Melamine faced Chipboard, real easy to keep clean and doesn't scratch easily unlike PVC.

[Oz07]

Mdf won't warp if fitted properly. Suspect Dave means proper timber

[canalsiderenovation]

5 minutes ago, MikeGrahamT21 said:

Duraboard gets my vote every time!

 

Melamine faced Chipboard, real easy to keep clean and doesn't scratch easily unlike PVC.

 

I've never heard of Duraboard, this looks good. So you don't have to paint it?

[MikeGrahamT21]

Just now, canalsiderenovation said:

 

I've never heard of Duraboard, this looks good. So you don't have to paint it?

 

No its pre finished. If you've ever had laminate worktops, its basically just the same as that, but not as thick. Can send some photos of mine if you want?

[canalsiderenovation]

2 minutes ago, MikeGrahamT21 said:

 

No its pre finished. If you've ever had laminate worktops, its basically just the same as that, but not as thick. Can send some photos of mine if you want?

 

That would be really appreciated @MikeGrahamT21 thanks.

[MikeGrahamT21]

9 minutes ago, canalsiderenovation said:

 

That would be really appreciated @MikeGrahamT21 thanks.

 

 

 

[canalsiderenovation]

Thanks @MikeGrahamT21 I have issues with the end caps!

[MikeGrahamT21]

10 minutes ago, canalsiderenovation said:

Thanks @MikeGrahamT21 I have issues with the end caps!

 

Yeah? How so? I think they really finish them off nicely. You could always get some of the iron on melamine strips and use those if you wanted?

Edited October 16, 2020 by MikeGrahamT21

[canalsiderenovation]

1 hour ago, MikeGrahamT21 said:

 

Yeah? How so? I think they really finish them off nicely. You could always get some of the iron on melamine strips and use those if you wanted?

 

I don't know, I think it's how they sit on. My parents something similar on their UPVC ones and they keep falling off.

[MikeGrahamT21]

38 minutes ago, canalsiderenovation said:

 

I don't know, I think it's how they sit on. My parents something similar on their UPVC ones and they keep falling off.

 

 mine don't come off, they're glued on, bit of gripfill ? First photo ones have been on since 2012