Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Gaps between brick and window? Is this bad? 21Apr 25, 2014 11:41 pm Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Gaps between brick and window? Is this bad? 22Apr 26, 2014 10:13 am mgilla Lex Hey, don't worry about it. We had the mother of all gaps (35-40mm!), AND on our beautiful FRONT facade, but now I have to remind myself to look for it It's far from ideal, and I have no idea how it happened (standard bricks, windows and facade width), but it did happen. As someone said, they will cover it with trims identical to your window frames at the end of the build. Just make sure you sneak in and tuck in more of the insulation into that area in case traders ignore it (before plastering starts). Here you go Lex here's your new car. Sorry but when we fitted the doors there was a bit of a gap on the drivers side so we got a piece of flat steel the same colour and stuck it on. Dont worry after a while you wont even notice it. Sorry, I'm a bit slow so I don't quite get your strawman argument My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... 4 6006 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place - I’m new to the property/building journey (trying to buy my first home) so not sure where/who to go with these sorts of… 0 19112 Sorry I missed this, simply put this is a pathetic job, and as it stands it is non-compliant... I think the worst part is not in the quality of the workmanship so much… 5 6991 |