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Our brick sills havent been finished in the same way as our builder’s display home or other homes built by them in our estate, which is leaving our house not weatherproof. The flap seal is barely covering the sills whereas in the display homes and other houses the bricks are tucked further under the window frame with good coverage by flap seal.
The black caulking they have applied is also affecting the flap seal from doing its job. See photos:
We are near final completion and im concerned our builder wont change it.
We’ve also got chipped bricks on sills.
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Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right!  26 May 2017 373 Gold Member Re: Gap between Window frame and Brick Sill 2Feb 11, 2019 8:12 pm  PackieBonnerHello Our brick sills havent been finished in the same way as our builder’s display home or other homes built by them in our estate, which is leaving our house not weatherproof. The flap seal is barely covering the sills whereas in the display homes and other houses the bricks are tucked further under the window frame with good coverage by flap seal. The black caulking they have applied is also affecting the flap seal from doing its job. See photos: We are near final completion and im concerned our builder wont change it. We’ve also got chipped bricks on sills. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Who is your builder ? I got this as well. Technically, its happen to all my windows.. do you have any luck ? Have you complain to your builder ? Building Wentworth 33 CDC lodged to Council : 22 June 2018 Site excavation 31 July 2018 Slab 08 Aug 2018 Frame 22 Aug 2018 Roof 10 Sep 2018 Brick 24 Sep 2018 26 May 2017 373 Gold Member Re: Gap between Window frame and Brick Sill 4Feb 22, 2019 9:08 pm MingJianHi guys, I have the same issue with most of my windows. Did you guys manage to get it fix from the builder? Managed to get the builder to add a small triangle frame at the bottom and silicon the rubber. Building Wentworth 33 CDC lodged to Council : 22 June 2018 Site excavation 31 July 2018 Slab 08 Aug 2018 Frame 22 Aug 2018 Roof 10 Sep 2018 Brick 24 Sep 2018 21 Feb 2019 7 VIC Junior Member Re: Gap between Window frame and Brick Sill 5Feb 23, 2019 11:47 pm Hi Wentworth, Thanks for updating but is that the appropriate way to do it? I can't imagine how it looks like. I am so scared of how insect and heavy rain will slip through the hole and than my whole frame structure will crumble. 26 May 2017 373 Gold Member Re: Gap between Window frame and Brick Sill 6Feb 24, 2019 9:50 am MingJianHi Wentworth, Thanks for updating but is that the appropriate way to do it? I can't imagine how it looks like. I am so scared of how insect and heavy rain will slip through the hole and than my whole frame structure will crumble. Thats what I was worried. The silicon will fill-in the hole and seal the rubber. The additional frame at the bottom of the window frame will make the hole closer. So it should be fine. Building Wentworth 33 CDC lodged to Council : 22 June 2018 Site excavation 31 July 2018 Slab 08 Aug 2018 Frame 22 Aug 2018 Roof 10 Sep 2018 Brick 24 Sep 2018 For anyone reading this, they ended up putting brick sills under the window. 5 12721 2 22123  |
