Lost on my west wales brain...
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I'll give you somer advice. Get some 7mm masonry screws and a 200mm masonry drill, hope your cavities have been closed, other wise you will nee to drive in some wooden wedges. Daughters house had all the windows loose, all the doors, but the screws were 5mm, and mostly in space, with expanding foam and bugger all else holding them in.
John wayne would have been proud, sadly it's the norm.
John wayne would have been proud, sadly it's the norm.
Barking Mat
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It's @eLuSiVeMiTe humour, chances are when you order windows, they won't fit, the quote, you have no control...
And the initial few lines of Ricks song, it's a bit special, but made me laugh.
Well I gave up before the end....
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These work well.
Never had much luck with masonary screws
Decent fischer fixings for me
Barking Mat
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I am shocked that expanding foam seems the norm.
I'm still researching how to best fit them.
The instructions state foam is a no no.
mastic elastomere. Whatever that is, probably mastic pu xx.
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Must be an age thing
There's nothing to get.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric...tively rick-rolling,,leads to the music video.
There's nothing to get.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric...tively rick-rolling,,leads to the music video.
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Nothing wrong with using it as a gap filler then mastic but it's not for securing windows which is how its uses these days
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I was thinking pu all the way, glue the things in.
All and every uk double glasing fitters use expanding foam, it's sickening. I went to 3 seperate "experts" with the loose units issue, one wanted to replace all of them (12 years old, on their last legs etc), one wanted to remove and refit two a day (south wales ******** merchant), the other was just plain expensive at appying more expanding foam, silicone and bigger edge beadings.
All they needed were bigger screws and resealing....
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I was going to call them something else but it just finished in ******************
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Exactly....
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So what's the score? Blokee told me to screw a bit of metal to the sid of the frame and stick it in the wall.
Really?
Really?
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I like pu.
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The firm I bought my windows from made them to the size I ordered, 10mm less than the gap size they were going in. They gave me a selection of spacers to align the frames and some 7mm concrete bolts to fix them in with. Drill through the frame and into the brick then screw the torx head bolts into the brick while the spacers hold them at the correct position. I did use squirty foam to seal the gap then mastic over it to tidy up.
You have a few things to consider. Mechanical fixing - if you live in a windy spot don't underestimate this.
Damp proofing - wind and rain, long damp winters (just described West Wales there).
Draught proofing - again wind can whistle through them.
So I would make sure there is a strong mount, water seal and no gaps anywhere...
Damp proofing - wind and rain, long damp winters (just described West Wales there).
Draught proofing - again wind can whistle through them.
So I would make sure there is a strong mount, water seal and no gaps anywhere...
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Yep, made to measure, out of my price range sadly, maybe one day....
I can't believe squirty foam is the way to do it, just strikes me as wrong.
But EVERYBODY is telling me to do it?
Seems wrong...
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Would you save us the effort of ggogling them and tell us how these work please?
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But you just said you love PU?
Use it in moderation. Don't rely on it to hold the windows in.
Use the brackets above. Get some decent mech fixings in.
Use the foam where it's away from the sun to fill and help support the window against the wall and stop movement.
Seal up with mastic then cap with upvc trim.
