How to make slopes on windows?

The slope is formed due to the difference between the thickness of the window frame and the wall. Slopes are internal and external. In the apartment we often deal with internal slopes. Depending on the material used, they are plaster, plasterboard and plastic.

If you want to make slopes on the windows with your own hands, it is better to stop your choice on plastic. It's not that plaster and plasterboardslopes worse, each type of slope has its advantages and disadvantages. Just a layman will have more difficulty in correctly making plaster and gypsum plasterboard slopes, this work is quite painstaking, it is easier to work with plastic.

So, how to make slopes on plastic windows? First, prepare all the necessary materials and tools. You will need three plastic strips: U-shaped starting strip, F-shaped strip and panel length of 6 m and thickness of 8 mm. In addition, you will need a wooden strip (thickness - 10-15 mm), white silicone, mineral wool, self-cuts "bugs" (4.5 mm) and self-cutters 95 mm long. From tools - a drill (drill), a knife and scissors for metal, a level, a construction stapler and staples to it.

To start attach wooden slats along the perimeter of slopes, they will create an emphasis for plastic. Reiki need to be packed around the perimeter of slopes using self-tapping screws 95 mm long. The rail should not protrude against the wall. It is very important that the rake is perfectly vertical (or ideally horizontal, if we are talking about the transverse), so it is necessary to use the level. Ideally, you do not need to join racks.

After that the starting strip (guide) is mounted, in the groove which you will then insertplastic. It must be filled on the outer edge of the window using self-tapping screws. Before this, it is desirable to draw a vertical pencil (left and right) and an upper horizontal line in order to fill the strip as smoothly as possible. The inner edge of the starting strip should fit snugly against the frame. Unlike the slats, the junction of the starting bands should be tight.

Now you need to prepare for installation F-band. It has two parallel protruding bands, so you need to measure the length of the strip exactly along the height of the slope, and then cut off the "extra" protruding parts that go beyond the mark. F-band fastened to a wooden rack with a stapler. You need to fasten it in one of two parallelbands. In the end, it turns out that the F-bands frame the window opening with an overlap (that's why you cut off the protruding parts, leaving the "launch"). Then this lap can be eliminated with scissors for metal.

Preparatory work is finished, now you can start installing plastic panels. The plastic panel is inserted into the groove of the starting strip at the far edge of the slope. After this, lay a layer of cotton wool and insertplastic in the F-band. Measure the plastic must be very accurate! Of course, perfectly smooth joints still will not, so you need to wipe them with a white silicone.

In principle, you can do without the F-shapedband. In this case, the directing starting strip is mounted in the same way, after this, plastic panels fitted to the size must be inserted into it. Then the panels are cut to the depth of the slope. The escarpment between the wall must be foamed with professional pistol foam and fixed with paint tape for drying. Then the outer edge of the plastic panel must be secured with plastic corners, pasted on a silicone sealant, cleanse the excess sealant.

As you can see, it's quite possible to make slopes on windows independently, but if you are not sure what you will get, it's better to contact the professionals after all. The miser pays twice: it is better to immediately pay and be sure of the result than to try to make yourself for the sake of economy, fail and then pay twice as much for the alteration.