Finishing window reveal around brackets?

[Nickfromwales]

1 minute ago, Mr Punter said:

I would say that is fairly standard

An inch of packers on most?? Vs using cranked brackets. Methinks "not", sorry.

[Mr Punter]

11 hours ago, syne said:

Well that's a bag of....   Paking's wasted. 

 

I might go become a professional window bodger, I'd get a gold star me thinks. 

 

11 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

An inch of packers on most?? Vs using cranked brackets. Methinks "not", sorry.

 

I agree it looks very poor, but it is the way of things on sites all around the country.  At least they were firmly fixed and reasonably level and plumb. It was a bit of a battle getting the cill and reveals to work.  Here is how they are when finished:

 

 

[syne]

You've made a good looking job of it so hats off.

 

I suppose it's a case of who's going to put the effort/ time to make it good in the end. 

 

Imo, it irks when someone takes the easy way out and pushes the problem down stream for someone else to work around later it's not acceptable if your time saved is lesser than the fix to the shortcut. 

 

A prime example is footings being way off level,

" Ahh it'll do, the brickies can fix that" = just spend a day slicing blocks to get the levels back.

 

 

[Mr Punter]

4 hours ago, syne said:

You've made a good looking job of it so hats off.

 

I suppose it's a case of who's going to put the effort/ time to make it good in the end. 

 

Imo, it irks when someone takes the easy way out and pushes the problem down stream for someone else to work around later it's not acceptable if your time saved is lesser than the fix to the shortcut. 

 

 

Yes it was a lot of messing around that I could have done without.  Very few contractors take pride in their work.  Here is an intermediate stage:

 

[Nickfromwales]

11 hours ago, Mr Punter said:

I agree it looks very poor

For clarity I wasn't referring to your job, as yours was a lot better, sorry. Should take more time to type my replies  

[craig]

On 21/06/2025 at 09:40, Mr Punter said:

I agree it looks very poor

 

Agreed

 

On 21/06/2025 at 09:40, Mr Punter said:

but it is the way of things on sites all around the country.

 

Also agreed.

 

On 21/06/2025 at 09:40, Mr Punter said:

At least they were firmly fixed and reasonably level and plumb

 

Also agreed.

 

On 21/06/2025 at 09:40, Mr Punter said:

 It was a bit of a battle getting the cill and reveals to work.  Here is how they are when finished:

 

Well done, as that wouldn't have been an easy task. You did a good job there. The problem I have, is most installers will buy and will have a stack of straight brackets, you don't need to have anything fancy or expensive but just having a range of different options when you're buying materials is in my opinion paramount to having and taken pride in your work. They did a good job, it look pretty decent to be honest but it lacked professionalism and pride and they could have left a much better impression and saved a lot of headaches for others.

 

Examples of brackets with cranks, they really do help.

 

Edited Monday at 10:28 by craig

[SteamyTea]

On 12/09/2024 at 08:30, Oz07 said:

Is the thermal performance of such a small amount of insulation really going to make much of a difference in this situation?

Yes, more than you think.

Insulation follows an inverse rule.

So say uninsured that the losses are 1 W.m^-2.K^-1 and 5mm of insulation reduced that to 0.8. The next 5mm will only reduce it to 0.64, not 0.6, next 5mm to 0.512.

So even a small amount is worth it. It can also affect the condensation point, which can be problematic around windows.