Now I will finally install the windowsills that will become the bottom of the recess. Everything in the house is crooked, so I've been working with shims at different angles, and now the level says it's good. I was thinking of gluing blocks and then hoping nails will be enough, but I have a few considerations before gluing:
There's a tiny millimeter gap between the board and the frame, which I can almost eliminate if I press it in. Should I try to glue it pressed in, i.e., glue - press - nail, or is it pointless/bad since it will create tension (if the nails even matter for that millimeter)?
Or - should I just glue it as well as I can and then use acrylic sealant?
It will likely be a similar problem with the other boards of the recess, but I plan to screw those in, so it might be a bit easier to "force" them in. However, all the walls bulge slightly in different directions, so I'm putting a lot of hope in being able to solve it with sealant (I have Casco's building acrylic, by the way, is that the same as latex sealant?)
I'm also wondering if I should use construction adhesive or regular wood glue? The blocks are glued panels/masonite board and the board is glued panels.
Thanks in advance!
There's a tiny millimeter gap between the board and the frame, which I can almost eliminate if I press it in. Should I try to glue it pressed in, i.e., glue - press - nail, or is it pointless/bad since it will create tension (if the nails even matter for that millimeter)?
Or - should I just glue it as well as I can and then use acrylic sealant?
It will likely be a similar problem with the other boards of the recess, but I plan to screw those in, so it might be a bit easier to "force" them in. However, all the walls bulge slightly in different directions, so I'm putting a lot of hope in being able to solve it with sealant (I have Casco's building acrylic, by the way, is that the same as latex sealant?)
I'm also wondering if I should use construction adhesive or regular wood glue? The blocks are glued panels/masonite board and the board is glued panels.
Thanks in advance!
Just glue, no nails, if all spacers are level, it's possible to put 2 boards from top down towards the board. The trim is not in place and it will hide everything on the sides. My house is the same, but maybe not as crooked. However, the trim differs by a few mm and it was a bit tricky to get it right with measuring and marking + cutting.
Thank you! Well, the sides will later be covered with trim, but the edge towards the window is as it is when I've glued, i.e., not 100% flush everywhere.
What do you mean not snug, is it against the window frame you're referring to, needs to be adjusted/filed/sanded. But be careful, easy to take off a fraction and then you have a gap. (painter's caulk might be needed) The board seems to extend past as a small lip on the part that's the wall. My boards lie exactly against the window frame.songforkaren said:
Yeah, it's a bit hard to see in the picture, maybe easier to understand here, but since the frame extends along the wall, it was quite a job to get the corners to align so that the board fits tightly against the frame. Now it's almost 100%, but as mentioned, there's about a millimeter gap at one end. I hope most of it will disappear when the side pieces go up, but I expect to need to apply some soft sealant anyway.J jonaserik said:
The final picture from above, the board against the frame, so it's that gap (it may look like more than 1 mm due to shadow but it's just barely enough to fit a fingernail in the largest gap)