The turmoil associated with an important change, the purchase of plastic windows, is the choice of profile, design, fittings, but not only. A decision has to be made regarding the slopes. Without the help of specialists, different types You can make slopes, save some money and buy a more expensive window sill, for example.
The downside is that, most likely, it will not be possible to repair the windows under warranty. On the other hand, they should not break. The guarantee is only insurance.
Often need to be insulated window hole, the quality of the “native” slopes is not satisfactory. Only by dismantling the old ones and improving them with insulation will the situation be changed.
Mosaics made of glass, mirror splashes, fragments, relief surfaces and other extravagant design options are created separately, mostly by hand. Photos of slopes with your own hands, from different materials will help you make a choice. But also from the features installation work, their simplicity or complexity, availability, much depends.
Increasing the slope by plastering is the most basic way of designing window opening. No need to buy tools or modern materials. Previously, people only plastered walls on their own and coped with this task perfectly.
Disadvantages of this method:
If you try, the new slopes will still turn out smooth and beautiful. As they say, the eyes are afraid, but the hands do. Should buy necessary materials, begin to restore the natural, usual design for apartments and houses.
It is important to take into account that in the end the slope will not look as harmonious with the windows as a plastic one. The sense of novelty and progress will be lost. But it will be cozy, and beauty in a “retro” style will return to the house.
The harmony of the design of the window opening is understood different people differently. This applies not only to curtains, the choice of plants, the color of the window sill, the color of the windows, but also to the slopes.
How to make slopes with your own hands when the plaster wrinkles without defects? It is easier to make the surface if you use special plaster beacons. They are commercially available and can be plaster, metal, or wood.
It is better to choose gypsum ones, as they are very easy to handle. Metal ones are perfectly fixed, while wooden ones are easier to remove during the restoration process.
How many beacons are needed for one window? They are installed according to a clear pattern. The first one is attached next to window frame, close. As a result, the distance of the overlap of the slope onto the frame should be about 50 mm. Lighthouses are also needed external corners window opening. These areas are subject to greater stress, this element strengthens them.
Painting corners help improve the effect, achieve optimal results, shape correct angle. They are attached using gypsum putty.
To prevent the plaster from cracking, before starting to create a new surface, the old one must be thoroughly cleaned. You can achieve better adhesion of new materials to the surface if you make notches, although this is not necessary.
The surface must be coated with a primer. For plastering, a mixture of cement and sand is used in proportions of 1 to 2. Dry gypsum plaster is ideal for the upper slope.
Each layer is applied as carefully as possible, it is allowed to dry, leveled with a spatula, then the next one is applied. Sanding the last layer is a responsible process. You will not need a spatula, but Sander or sandpaper - with large grains and finer ones.
A sealant that can be used before painting will help eliminate cracks in the corners, along the line where the slope connects with the window frame or wall.
That's all, the slopes are ready. The surface is primed and painted in the desired color. If insulation is provided, it is necessary, after removing old slopes, treating the walls with primer, putty, to install insulating material, fix with foam or with nails designed for this purpose. Then apply plaster.
Installing slopes with your own hands from plasterboard is difficult at first glance. They do everything “scientifically,” as they say. Because of this, perhaps, the result is luxurious - the windows are neat, stylish, fashionable. True, they will be needed special tools, which not every home has.
People are used to needing a hammer to hammer a nail, but it turned out that it is more practical to purchase a screwdriver. At the dacha, a hammer is relevant, but in an apartment with modern renovation No. And all because of drywall.
This is a light weight material, cut with a grinder. With its help, it is possible to create ideal flat surface. Such slopes can be repaired in case of minor damage using putty.
The disadvantage is that it is not resistant to moisture. Be sure to use a primer. It cannot be used to decorate surfaces on the street side.
They start with the installation of the frame: attach metallic profile, guides. Then the insulation is fixed and sheets of drywall are installed. The sides are sheathed first, and then the top.
If desired, if you have the skill, you can get the job done faster than if you choose plastering. Door slopes do-it-yourself ones are often also made from this material. It is beautiful and practical.
How to make slopes on windows with your own hands without extra effort? Sandwich panels are what you need. By purchasing them, you can simultaneously complete the decor and insulate the window opening. They are different colors, easily fixed.
In order to put the slopes in order, it is not necessary in this case to remove the old ones, but it is desirable - a truly durable surface will be created that will last for many years. If you decorate with sandwich panels old surface, the duration of their operation will depend on its condition.
The starter profile is placed next to the frame, and for the outer edge take wooden slats. The sandwich panel is attached to them using screws and self-tapping screws.
Polyurethane foam carefully fills the void between the panel and the wall. Decorative profile put on the corners, fixed. All that remains is to wipe new surface, remove dust. The slopes are done, the new design will delight the eye with beauty modern materials, their combinations.
If the house is very old, then its walls can only be made of adobe and, as a rule, when replacing window blocks there is significant damage. This is due to the fact that adobe bricks can begin to deform over time and voids form in them. They will have to be eliminated.
Plaster or plastic? We can immediately say that these two materials are for finishing works differ in their structure and properties.
Plaster:
Advice. Since the house is made of adobe and the walls of such a structure breathe, it is best to use plaster, which has similar properties.
Advice. Number of starting layers and finishing layers depends on surface defects. Just remember that each of them should not be too thick. Otherwise, the entire finish may come away from the surface over time.
The plaster can then be painted in the desired shade or a layer applied over it decorative plaster. There is plaster interspersed with threads or other elements.
When choosing such a material, it is worth considering that plastic is a fairly airtight material and if an adobe house breathes and is not heated in cold weather, then moisture will collect under the finishing. It will not reach the surface of the plastic, but over time it may begin to destroy the structure of the building material.
About plastic:
Advice. Plastic can only be mounted on a special sheathing and it is not necessary to do it too much to finish the slopes high altitude. This can hide the space of the window opening itself.
Installation of such material is quite simple. It uses a starting strip, which is attached at the bottom and top of the slope and inserted into it plastic strips or panels. The fastening elements are special locks, which are located at their end.
Adobe itself is a very specific material. It requires good waterproofing. Adobe is clay, sand and a binder. Previously it was straw or sawdust, now they can use mineral wool, but the essence does not change. Water makes the clay soggy and the entire structure can be seriously damaged. Typically, such buildings are common in arid areas. Central Asia and in southern, hot regions. IN middle lane such a house requires serious protection of the walls from external moisture.
Why is so much attention paid to adobe? Yes, very simple - tightness window systems PVC requires certain measures to seal and protect the seam. And in the case of adobe, such protection of the entire opening and slopes is necessary. When we discuss the installation method itself in the future, we will come to this issue. Today you can sometimes find adobe houses on summer cottages, but quite rarely. Almost all of them are made in modern style, have modern plastic windows. The design of an adobe house allows it to have a wooden or other frame, and therefore installing plastic windows does not present any special problems. In fact, if you need to buy windows for your summer house, then regardless of the building materials in your home, you can safely buy ordinary windows. But you will need to tinker with the installation, because it is important that the seams are sealed and the window openings are reliable.
So!
Usually adobe houses are built like this. First, the wooden frame is assembled. Corners of the house, window and door openings, wall joists, for fastening rafters, are assembled from wooden beam or round timber, and then the voids intended for walls are filled with adobe. This is how they have been built since time immemorial. Small dugouts in the south of Ukraine, in Stavropol region and in Kuban they were built exactly like that. This is a kind of Russian half-timbered structure, which is as old as the people who live there. A house built in this way lasts hundreds of years, it is cool in summer and warm in winter. Adobe is an excellent heat insulator. The walls were always made very thick, up to sixty centimeters wide, and the entire load of the roof and ceiling went to the frame, protected by adobe from external environment.
If an adobe house is built according to ancient technique our ancestors, everything is clear here, and there are no difficulties. Both windows and doors are fixed in wooden frame, very simple and reliable. Is not wooden house, and casing is not needed, the wood does not decrease in length during the drying process, and there is no need to protect against shrinkage. The walls are made of dry adobe bricks, and they also do not shrink. Therefore, installation of plastic windows in adobe house This type is standard, you just need to take the measurements correctly.
The monolithic method is common in Central Asia, where the climate is dry and there is little rainfall. There are two ways. The first is when adobe bricks are used, the second is when formwork is made and filled with fresh adobe. After drying, the formwork is removed and a wall is obtained.
In both cases, to secure doors and windows, it is necessary to make bookmarks. They are made of wood, and then door and window blocks are attached to them.
This must be done without fail and in such a way that the inserted doors and windows are almost flush with the wall area. The fact is that even if you install ebb tides, moisture will still get under them. This is how all houses are built from adobe. Both here and in Europe in the old half-timbered houses, the windows do not have an external niche, so that there is no possibility of moisture retention.
If you change the old window to a new one, then there are no problems at all, there are definitely bookmarks. True, in very old houses, where the windows were made very small, they were sometimes simply smeared into the wall. In this case, you will have to redo the opening. Without rigid fastening, the PVC profile will not be fixed in the opening. You need to make niches in the wall and insert bookmarks. Any other method will lead to cracking of the opening and loss of tightness.
Installation of plastic windows in an adobe house and beyond must meet three requirements.
To ensure all three qualities, there are appropriate materials. The window is attached to the mortgages in the opening using special anchors. The window is inserted into the opening and leveled, both horizontally and vertically. After this, the places that coincide with the bookmarks on the PVC profile are marked. The window is removed, the anchors are fastened with screws, according to the marks and inserted back to secure it to the bookmarks. Such fastening will provide both reliability and strength. The number of anchors depends on the size of the windows. They should be at a distance of no more than seventy centimeters from each other, and no less than forty.
The gap that remains must be closed immediately. There is no need to be afraid to fill the gap with construction foam. This is polyurethane foam and it will not cause any harm or destroy anything. The foam, slowly expanding, will fill all the voids and will be the best heat insulator. Its environmental friendliness has been proven throughout the world. And destroy adobe wall by definition it cannot; on the contrary, it will strengthen the opening and it will become stronger.
But the foam requires protection. It must be protected from moisture, just like adobe. To do this, you need to apply a layer of waterproofing. IN in this case most The best way This is a paste sealant. It is necessary to completely hide the foam and the entire seam under a layer of sealant. And this must be done both outside and inside. In winter, moist air from warm room, can penetrate the assembly seam, destroying the foam. To prevent this from happening, the installation seam is sealed from the inside in exactly the same way as from the outside.
Installation of plastic windows in an adobe house is no different from other installation work. And the requirements for seam sealing are not related to an attempt to increase sales of foam, but to the fact that this has been proven for decades and The right way protecting your window from cracking and cracks in the slopes.
The thing is that PVC has a fairly significant linear expansion coefficient. In order not to torment the reader with complex calculations, they are already ready for window PVC profile. It is approximately equal to 0.07 mm per 1 meter of length with a temperature difference of 10 degrees C0. Approximately, because the profiles have different widths and sections. This seems like a minor change. But if you have minus fifteen in winter and plus thirty-five in summer, then the difference in seasonal temperatures is already fifty degrees. And this is 0.35 mm along a length of one meter. This is significant. If you simply seal the seam with adobe, it will not have sufficient elasticity and cracks will appear. Moisture will naturally get into them. The consequences are disastrous not only for the slopes, but also for the wall.
The foam is elastic and durable. It just needs to be protected from cracks in the plaster, which are sure to appear and will expand every year.
Such installation of plastic windows in an adobe house will not burden you with additional expenses. All these materials are included in the list of mandatory use and are available to every specialist who installs windows. They are included in the installation price, as consumables and must be used.
If you do all the work yourself, then buying them, in our time, is not a problem at all.
How to make slopes on windows? This question worries many who, after replacing window designs I encountered this problem. Indeed, serious work remains to be done to make the surfaces reliable and beautiful. It is worth considering that slopes perform not only a decorative, but also a protective function. Therefore, it is necessary to approach this with utmost care. If you make mistakes or do the work poorly, a lot of troubles will arise.
Window slopes- This an integral part of any room. Some believe that minimal attention can be paid to such a design. But this is a misconception that leads to aesthetic and practical problems. The fact is that internal slopes perform a number of important functions:
Therefore, when performing all the work yourself, you must comply with all technological nuances and rules. Then you can be sure that you will get a reliable and durable coating that will please the eye.
The design of slopes has its own characteristics. The fact is that it is necessary to take into account the main nuances that must be done when working with your own hands:
But how to finish the slopes, the location outside the room? The technology is almost completely consistent internal work. But the obligatory and most important rule will be to install a low tide.
It is customary to distinguish two main cladding options, which differ in the materials used.
This technology assumes that materials will be used that are cut into panels of the required size.
When choosing this method, the following features should be taken into account:
On a note! To produce the most accurate parts for window slopes, two methods are used. The first is to simply measure and transfer data to the material, the second is to create stencils. This method is much more accurate, but requires more time, because it is necessary to perform a stencil at each stage of the work.
Such work involves applying a certain layer of prepared mortar to the windows yourself, which completely covers the entire surface of the slopes. This option is considered the most traditional. His distinctive feature is cheapness.
Finishing can be carried out according to two main scenarios:
Before wondering how to properly make slopes, you should thoroughly prepare the surface. The amount of work depends on the specific situation. Exists general order, which is required:
How to finish the slopes? There are basic materials that are used for such work:
Each option is selected based on several reasons:
Considering that the master must perform all the work himself, the option that will be most acceptable is chosen.
PVC panels are the most popular material for finishing window slopes This material is used most often, especially if needed. There are several reasons for this:
Installation of slopes from plastic panels carried out according to the following instructions:
But the window decoration is not finished yet. A number of finishing manipulations should be performed. They consist in the fact that all joints are well coated with sealant. Installed from the outside decorative corners. They must be trimmed correctly in order to join at an angle of 90 degrees.
When a dilemma arises about which slopes are better, many proposals and opinions may arise. But it is undeniable that it is better to make slopes from sandwich panels. They combine everything positive traits PVC materials, but have additional advantages:
Making slopes on windows with your own hands using such products is quite simple. It must be taken into account that this option is excellent in cases where the thickness of the installation seam is minimal. Three-layer material is used for work.
Let's look at how to install slopes from sandwich panels. Everything is done as follows:
Previously, there were no questions about how to make slopes on windows. After all, there was only one option, which was to use plaster. This method quite convenient and practical, but requires skills. This need arises due to the fact that it is necessary to correctly display all the planes and maintain the angle of inclination. Although, if you practice a little and understand how best to apply the mixture, then plastering work will not cause any particular difficulties.
The general technology is as follows:
The result is an excellent coating that is highly reliable. The undoubted advantage of this option is that each section made can be repaired and the decorative layer can be changed.
Summarizing the above, we can conclude that there are various options finishing of window slopes, which depend on the specific situation and financial capabilities. The main thing is to initially carry out all the work efficiently, observing all the nuances.
