Weatherboard around windows

In years past they flashed the sill with a tray that would catch any water entering from the sides. The top would also have a simple z flashing tucker under the weatherboards. The tray comes out over the bottom weatherboard, hidden by 32mm scotia, The width of windows varied so would be set up flush with the internal lining, plaster in your case and often finish mm shy of the face of the weatherboards.

Should be primed but were rarely painted. To combat the gaps you are talking about, if practical and size allows, you could set the face of the window up flush with the thinnest part of the weatherboard showing, about 10mm then checkout the boards fitting arcs on a flat surface, Looks almost like the weatherboards are butted up to arc doing it this way. Bit of work though. Forgive my quick lunchtime sketch, but this is my current plan for the same scenario. I really dislike the gaps around the sides under the external architraves that are created by the weatherboards being underneath, that's why I have butted them up to the architraves.

This is just the side's top and bottom are slightly different, top may even require a bit of custom flashing, not sure on that yet as my eaves are mm anyway so might be overkill.

Attached Thumbnails. Different scenario as the aluminium window has the arc fixed against it rather than over it. But regardless your design works and looks good. Gives the slimline aluminium some substance for cosmetic purposes but also some aluminium windows don't have a big enough section to fit pine lapped weatherboards in either.

That would be a bit of a task with bullnose weatherboards! Still a fair job for a few windows No offense, but what is the advantage of checking out the trim like that? From what I can see just butting the weatherboards up to the trim effectively does everything exactly the same and is much easier to construct?

Less spiders maybe. Originally Posted by CraigandKate. Originally Posted by OBBob. Older weatherboard homes tend to have been built without any insulation inside the walls, meaning they can get very hot in summer, and cold in winter. To get the maximum energy efficiency out of your home, you may want to consider undertaking some other improvements to improve overall insulation, as well as choosing the best energy-efficient types of glass , and ensuring your windows are installed by a professional installer to ensure there are no gaps in the seals.

Read more about heating and cooling considerations for an older weatherboard house on the Australian Sustainability Victoria website. Image source: Pinterest. Caution needs to be taken whenever replacing existing windows of a weatherboard house, as some although very few weatherboard houses may contain internal cladding which is made of asbestos.

A professional window installer will be able to take a look at your home before beginning any alterations to the size of the window opening if these are needed and identify if there is any asbestos that needs to be professionally removed.

For more interesting information about the history of weatherboard homes as well as some seriously stunning inspiration photos of both modern and classic weatherboard homes , check out the following post on Houzz.

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