Browse Forums Windows & Doors 1 Feb 26, 2013 12:11 pm Ok daft question, but do you get window sills? I've never thought about it until I was dusting the ones in the house we are renting, it's never mentioned!! We are building with Redink, any info would be great!! building with Redink Prestart 21/3/13 Slab down 12/6/13 Brickwork started 5/8/13 Brickwork finished 26/8/13 Roof frame 6/9/13 Colorbond 26/9/13 Grey float 11/10/13 white set 17/10/13 Re: Windowsills??? 2Feb 26, 2013 12:26 pm With my windows at least the sill is formed by the bottom reveal, i.e. the timber box that the window is attached to which itself is fastened to the wall frame. Re: Windowsills??? 3Feb 26, 2013 12:29 pm Sure you do! I don't know your builder and if they do anything fancy, so speaking just to the usual process - when windows are delivered they are usually housed in a wooden frame called a reveal. That reveal is screwed to the house frame and after a few finishing touches (architraves, filling, sanding, painting) it should be the window sill you are expecting to see. My Build Thread: Coral Homes Noosa 279 Re: Windowsills??? 6Feb 26, 2013 5:29 pm Sorry Cedes75 but I am presuming you are building in WA with Redink and if this is the case then no windowsills (as in the wooden ones like in older homes) are not included. We build in double brick over here and therefore architraves, skirtings etc are not required here like they are on the framed homes they build in the east. Your sill will be plastered brick, if you want a wooden window sill or even skirting board they are generally extra's. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news Re: Windowsills??? 7Feb 26, 2013 5:30 pm If you are building in WA then you usually get aluminum window frames that are set into the brickwork. Most homes built in Perth are double brick. They normally then plaster the resulting brick window sill when they do the rest of the walls. You can get wooden window sills added but it costs extra, HD Re: Windowsills??? 8Mar 01, 2013 5:24 am My dad made window sills for the last house I bought, was fairly fiddly but cheap and looked good after! Hardest part is the measuring because the sill won't be square/even and you have to fill the gaps. For this build I'm going to be asking our cabinet maker if he has some stone off cuts to use as a window sill in our kitchen. It's done that way in Europe a lot and looks great. |