Hi everyone!

How would you have insulated and built the sides around the window that is in the picture? It can protrude about 4 cm from the wall, but maybe that's barely helpful with such little insulation.

3 cm cellplast plus 1 cm plywood/drywall? Or do you have any other smart tips, I would be grateful :)

Best regards, Jens
 
  • A window with exposed, damaged walls, cluttered with various items such as a white drawer unit, cardboard, plastic bags, tools, and construction materials.
  • A window with cracked plaster and tools scattered on a ledge. A small drawer unit, orange adhesive, and renovation materials are visible in a cluttered space.
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wouldn't have isolated anything.
 
Gypsum plaster with reinforcement mesh, i.e., no insulation
 
Johannes Carlsson said:
Spu plasterboard? Building 40mm
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Spu plasterboard seems perfect for me, built-in moisture barrier, plasterboard, and insulation. Big thanks!
 
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can do more harm than good with spu plaster
 
SBH said:
can do more harm than good with spu plaster
Feel free to elaborate a bit more when you write like that...
 
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We had exactly the same "challenge" when we renovated and replaced windows.

We smeared plaster on the wall and pressed a gypsum board there. So, we used the plaster as "glue". The advantage of the plaster was that it was also easy to fill in the irregularities in the plaster behind, which I see you also have! I reasoned that the little insulation that you can add there hardly makes a noticeable difference!

Then on the outer corner, towards the room, I applied a fiberglass tape to avoid cracks. In our case, we then used plaster both in the window recess and on the walls, so it became a single entity!

A newly installed window with surrounding plastered walls and a radiator beneath, illustrating a window renovation process.

A room under renovation with a window, drywall, and a hanging light bulb. A light illuminates a corner near the radiator, with tools and materials on the floor.
 
SPU plaster can become too dense...the advantage of plaster mortar with reinforcement is that it works well with the substrate, and the difficulty is applying it evenly and neatly...but if you do as the pictures above show and press a plasterboard into the plaster mortar, then it should be good, right?
 
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Jens Hagman said:
Feel free to elaborate a bit more when you write like that...
read at bygga rätt
 
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