Weebles Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Due to an error (mine) when ordering the windowsills and forgetting that our garage walls are thinner than the house walls we have ended up with our garage window almost flush to the internal wall. How can we finish this internal detail so it looks neat? The plaster goes to the corner of the wall but the reveal is simply the plasterboard edge. It’s only the inside of the garage but it would be nice to finish it properly rather than leave the bare plasterboard edge which I guess we cannot paint straight onto? any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Timber beading, stuck on with gap-filling adhesive, and then painted over? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzie Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 +1 for @Crofter solution 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 25 minutes ago, Weebles said: Due to an error (mine) when ordering the windowsills and forgetting that our garage walls are thinner than the house walls we have ended up with our garage window almost flush to the internal wall. How can we finish this internal detail so it looks neat? The plaster goes to the corner of the wall but the reveal is simply the plasterboard edge. It’s only the inside of the garage but it would be nice to finish it properly rather than leave the bare plasterboard edge which I guess we cannot paint straight onto? any suggestions? It’s only a garage BUT If you wanted a very neat finish You could stick a strip of PB on the bare edge butted up against the frame Staple skim beads on the edge and give it a couple of coats of joint cement or easifill Then sand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weebles Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 Thanks. Stick on timber beading sounds the quickest and easiest so gets the vote. Only a garage but will actually be a games room..... (keeps the kids out of the house ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Why not a very narrow windowboard? I bet even if it's only 2" wide it will still accumulate loads of "things" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz07 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Easy. 1x1 or 2x1 all around then arcitrave all around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 You could still have a sill on some ornate brackets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsilonGreedy Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Take inspiration from the Georgians. Following the 1774 London Building Act window frames had to be fully set back inside the wall so that in the event of a fire a sash window would not fall out into the street below. As a consequence window frames were near flush with the internal wall finish... the things you learn doing a new build in a conservation area. Sash window history here. http://www.theheritagedirectory.co.uk/viewarticle.asp?artid=49 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Wait until you tile something, then use the offcuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbiniho Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 can you not just plaster it square into the window? will leave a nice simple clean line. there is also nothing stopping you fitting timber ingoes and facings, i have also seen mdf with a pencil round fitted that protrudes out past the plasterboard by about 5-10mm then the wall is just plastered upto the back of it, how is the rest of the house finished? might look weird to have this different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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