Thanks: 0
Needs Pictures: 0
Picture(s) thanks: 0
Results 1 to 2 of 2
-
29th March 2013, 10:08 PM #1New Member
- Join Date
- Mar 2013
- Location
- Australia
- Posts
- 1
Can I use Floor Boards to Make the Sills and Reveals for a Window?
Hi,
I'm working on a project with 550mm thick stone walls. As a result I need to get timber for 300mm wide sills and reveals. I'm looking for a rustic look and the timber will have to match large timber sleepers we have renovated and placed in the stone as lintels. We have a small budget and a tight timeframe.
An idea we are toying with is to use Floor boards and achieve the 300mm width by placing 3 or 4 together using the tongue and groove in the boards. We have a Makita table saw and drop saw to cut to suit.
I have red ironbark sleepers downstairs and 18 windows with Maple colour sleepers upstairs. I'm currently looking at Red Ironbark flooring downstairs and BlackButt flooring for the top. These are less than $4/m so pretty cheap and good quality timber.
Note: In another building on the property there are cypress pine floorboards used as sill plates in a Rammed Earth wall. These seem to be working fine with no undue warping or movement.
QUESTION: Is this a stupid idea? Will the moisture movement cause warping etc of the floorboards and make them not suitable for sills. Ideas....
-
29th March 2013 10:08 PM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Location
- Advertising world
- Posts
- Many
-
29th March 2013, 11:15 PM #2Skwair2rownd
- Join Date
- Nov 2007
- Location
- Dundowran Beach
- Age
- 76
- Posts
- 19,922
I don't see any real problems with your idea. The timber
is likely to be well seasoned and stable.
One question: Do you think that floor boards will be thick
enough for the reveals given the massive dimensions of
everything else?
Similar Threads
-
Laying floor boards over an existing floor.
By ptt102 in forum WOODWORK - GENERALReplies: 6Last Post: 25th September 2011, 09:56 PM -
Finishing off 18 large Jarrah slab window sills
By PaulM in forum FURNITURE, JOINERY, CABINETMAKING - formerly BIG STUFFReplies: 6Last Post: 2nd January 2009, 10:04 PM -
window sills
By wxcooper in forum WOODTURNING - GENERALReplies: 2Last Post: 30th October 2005, 06:33 PM -
Water stained window sills - How to repair and finish
By vk3em in forum FINISHINGReplies: 17Last Post: 12th July 2003, 10:04 AM