eandg Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Had vaguely thought we'd have some nice birch plywood reveals (all round) but bit concerned about the rising costs of the material and now we'll need to start thinking about our reveals and cills. What did you use and would you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon R Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, eandg said: What did you use and would you recommend? Birch ply worked well on our windows, but you will need a track saw to make a decent job of it. My wife spotted a post on build hub which we copied using birch play. Edited February 10, 2023 by Simon R Missed photo attach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Ours are oak veneer with a solid nose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Ours are all left overs of the engineered Oak flooring, with a timber moulding to finish off the front and hide the not very pretty wooden substrate of the engineered floor boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eandg Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 6 hours ago, Simon R said: Birch ply worked well on our windows, but you will need a track saw to make a decent job of it. My wife spotted a post on build hub which we copied using birch play. Your blog was the inspiration for our plans - looks fantastic. Did you manage to fit any insulation in behind the ply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon R Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 20 hours ago, eandg said: Did you manage to fit any insulation in behind the ply? Thanks, it was worth the effort and saw dust. Regarding insulation, our build is ICF so the inside is fully insulated. The JUB ICF system provides a really well insulated window opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 50mm oak planks . Sanded smooth and oiled. Would do that again over anything else . I love the chunkyness of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eandg Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 41 minutes ago, Patrick said: 50mm oak planks . Sanded smooth and oiled. Would do that again over anything else . I love the chunkyness of it. Looks really good too. Are those openings splayed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 10/02/2023 at 15:56, Simon R said: Birch ply worked well on our windows, but you will need a track saw to make a decent job of it. My wife spotted a post on build hub which we copied using birch play. Current clients have done the same thing, in various guises, and looks really smart. They got varnished this week and the grain looks really different, almost 3D when the sun shines across it, with huge depth to the grain. A huge amount of time / labour, and materials costs I looked into for another job were eye-watering, but what the heart wants, it gets . Some may only get to self-build once, so things like this separate their build from the one down the road by a mile IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Odd that this thread should pop up, as I need to sort oak cills for installation in my clients build in the next couple of months. @Patrick chunky is good Looks really nice. On 10/02/2023 at 15:56, Simon R said: My wife spotted a post on build hub which we copied Yup. One-stop shopping here ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Timely thread. Something i need to add to my action log and start thinking about. The slight difficulty is our windows will be clear coat on the inside so we either need to match the timber of the windows or be quite different. I quite fancy a stone of some sort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 41 minutes ago, eandg said: Looks really good too. Are those openings splayed? Half and half . Board is cut to a shape that fits but is inserted into the opening by 10-15mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eandg Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 @Simon R did you get your plywood online or from a local merchant? Also thinking about using offcuts of larch cladding (which we're using externally) but not sure if that's a bit of a mad idea? I like continuity and a very restrained palette of materials and resumably with a bit of sanding and some oil it should work functionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_s Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Here is, an example of our ply window boards. I cant remember the name of the white coating but its tough stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon R Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) 17 hours ago, eandg said: did you get your plywood online or from a local merchant? I got it from Totton Timber in Southampton, I'm inside their delivery territory. I had a choice of two local merchants and went with Totton as they had the best saw equipment, an automated computer controlled table. For a heck of a lot of cuts they charged me £30 on top of the material. Using bits of your Larch cladding may be tricky from a point of view of stability, birch ply is very good both in stiffness and dimensional stability. Edited February 15, 2023 by Simon R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markharro Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 11/02/2023 at 19:32, Nickfromwales said: A huge amount of time / labour, and materials costs I looked into for another job were eye-watering Are you referring to ply here? Why would this necessarily be expensive in material costs? I know premium grade ply is ££ but you will get quite a few cills out of one sheet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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