Home DIY

Fitting new window day. Suns out old shite is out.
So my stone aperture is 1075mm wide, and very square. Window unit is 1065 wide and pretty damm sqaure.over the height its all good.

Option 1) install similar to before, with the front face of the window unit just touching the stone surround, fill with 1 or 2 cubic metres of silicone some nails and scarper. Means the cill unit sits up on the original stone part designed for sliding sash. But means I have to make something to support sill.
Benefits, gives more stone surround visible from street.
Negatives, harder to fit, more chnace for water noise and weather too get through the tiny contact patch with surround. Harder to secure.

2) move cill unit onto tilted ledge of stone surround, cill unit fits perfectly the angle of dangle there and sits perfectly flat (the face for window to sit on). Means front edge of window unit will be where tape touches surround 40% into the stone, leaving only 60% remaining visible from thr Street.
Positives, easier to seal, easier to fit and secure, more options for panelling inside out easier to insulate internally, less faff with cill level and secureness.
Negatives, less stone visible from street *

• so most others in same type of building are option 1),and they all look shite as the stone edge crumbles away over time more and more silicone and upvc face sheet stuck on top to seal the gap up.
  
  

So I'm wanting to go option 2). But need to check there if not some reason no one else does this

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