I have metal window sills (newish house), but on some the builders 
seemed to forget to seal the gap between the sill and the brick. This 
obviously lets water in, and I guess will cause rust and untold other 
damage.
What sort of sealant should I use to fill this gap ? It's about 4mm 
(sorry, I was born post decimalisation).

Ian

In article , Ian Cornish
<"icornish at talk21 dot com"@?.?> writes

>I have metal window sills (newish house), but on some the builders 
>seemed to forget to seal the gap between the sill and the brick. This 
>obviously lets water in, and I guess will cause rust and untold other 
>damage.
>What sort of sealant should I use to fill this gap ? It's about 4mm 
>(sorry, I was born post decimalisation).


Frame sealant (believe it or not ;-):
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?&id=24481 (brown)
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?&id=33114 (white)
Flexible & paintable, try to get some squished in to the gap rather than
just a smear over.
-- 
fred

Ian Cornish wrote:

> I have metal window sills (newish house)


Well! I've never heard of that before. Steel doors, etc., yes - but...



> , but on some the builders 
> seemed to forget to seal the gap between the sill and the brick. This 
> obviously lets water in, and I guess will cause rust and untold other 
> damage.
> What sort of sealant should I use to fill this gap ?


Is it really necessary? No "drip" in the sill? If it's in ordinary
masonry, it will be subject to enough damp to cause rust, anyway.
I should *hope* it's galvanised. N.B. nothing lasts for ever.



> It's about 4mm  (sorry, I was born post decimalisation).


Pre-decimalisation people should be able to deal with the
conversion easily. Normally numerate people ditto. It's not
very difficult, especially in these days when 98% or so of
pupils get A at Maths. GCSE - or is it?

"Ian Cornish" <"icornish at talk21 dot com"> wrote in message 
news:kuudnbyYdfqNH73eRVnyvw@eclipse.net.uk...

>I have metal window sills (newish house), but on some the builders seemed 
>to forget to seal the gap between the sill and the brick. This obviously 
>lets water in, and I guess will cause rust and untold other damage.
> What sort of sealant should I use to fill this gap ? It's about 4mm 
> (sorry, I was born post decimalisation).
>
> Ian


Usually just filled with mortar, but any exterior silicon will do.

In article <4320afb5$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, Dave Jones
 writes

>
>
>"Ian Cornish" <"icornish at talk21 dot com"> wrote in message 
>news:kuudnbyYdfqNH73eRVnyvw@eclipse.net.uk...
>>I have metal window sills (newish house), but on some the builders seemed 
>>to forget to seal the gap between the sill and the brick. This obviously 
>>lets water in, and I guess will cause rust and untold other damage.
>> What sort of sealant should I use to fill this gap ? It's about 4mm 
>> (sorry, I was born post decimalisation).
>
>Usually just filled with mortar, but any exterior silicon will do. 


If you use frame sealant then it has the advantage of being paintable, also
tends to be a bit more resilient.
-- 
fred

"Chris Bacon"  wrote in message 
news:432096fd$1_1@x-privat.org...

> Ian Cornish wrote:
>> I have metal window sills (newish house)
>
> Well! I've never heard of that before. Steel doors, etc., yes - but...
>
>
>> , but on some the builders seemed to forget to seal the gap between the 
>> sill and the brick. This obviously lets water in, and I guess will cause 
>> rust and untold other damage.
>> What sort of sealant should I use to fill this gap ?
>
> Is it really necessary? No "drip" in the sill? If it's in ordinary
> masonry, it will be subject to enough damp to cause rust, anyway.
> I should *hope* it's galvanised. N.B. nothing lasts for ever.
>
>
>> It's about 4mm  (sorry, I was born post decimalisation).
>
> Pre-decimalisation people should be able to deal with the
> conversion easily. Normally numerate people ditto. It's not
> very difficult, especially in these days when 98% or so of
> pupils get A at Maths. GCSE - or is it?


It is when you consider that the other 8% get B or lower ;-)

ETV

In article , 
Davide.1v5ixn@news.diybanter.com says...

> 
> -
> Pre-decimalisation people should be able to deal with the
> conversion easily. Normally numerate people ditto. It's not
> very difficult, especially in these days when 98% or so of
> pupils get A at Maths. GCSE - or is it?-
> 
> -It is when you consider that the other 8% get B or lower ;-)-
> 
> err... 98% + 8% = 106% ?
> 

-=WHOOSH=-

"Rob Morley"  wrote in message 
news:MPG.1d8d251dae3c8b979897cb@news.individual.net...

> In article ,
> Davide.1v5ixn@news.diybanter.com says...
>>
>> -
>> Pre-decimalisation people should be able to deal with the
>> conversion easily. Normally numerate people ditto. It's not
>> very difficult, especially in these days when 98% or so of
>> pupils get A at Maths. GCSE - or is it?-
>>
>> -It is when you consider that the other 8% get B or lower ;-)-
>>
>> err... 98% + 8% = 106% ?
>>
> -=WHOOSH=-


LOL

In article <43232995.0@entanet>, etv@nospam.nowhere.com says...

> 
> "Rob Morley"  wrote in message 
> news:MPG.1d8d251dae3c8b979897cb@news.individual.net...
> > In article ,
> > Davide.1v5ixn@news.diybanter.com says...
> >>
> >> -
> >> Pre-decimalisation people should be able to deal with the
> >> conversion easily. Normally numerate people ditto. It's not
> >> very difficult, especially in these days when 98% or so of
> >> pupils get A at Maths. GCSE - or is it?-
> >>
> >> -It is when you consider that the other 8% get B or lower ;-)-
> >>
> >> err... 98% + 8% = 106% ?
> >>
> > -=WHOOSH=-
> 
> LOL 
> 

Well, he is posting from DIYBanter  :-\

In article , 
Davide.1v9oxn@news.diybanter.com says...

> 
> Well, he is posting from DIYBanter  :-\ 
> 
> 'course I am. Nothing wrong with that, I assume?


It screws up threading, quotes and attributions, and DIYBanter posters 
do seem to make multiple identical posts at times.  It's a poor 
substitute for real newsgroup access - even Google Groups is better if 
used properly.

> 
> You may also notice I'm a junior member, and as such not used to such
> subtle humour (yes, I missed the smiley after the 8%)...
> 
> 

What's a junior member?

It screws up threading, quotes and attributions, and DIYBanter posters
do seem to make multiple identical posts at times.  It's a poor
substitute for real newsgroup access - even Google Groups is better if
used properly.

Thanks for the advice. Will try to get some newsreader software to post
from now on.

What's a junior member?

I have no idea - I just noticed that my posts from DIYBanter carry this
label under my name; probably related to total number of postings.


-- 
Davide

Well, he is posting from DIYBanter  :-\ 

'course I am. Nothing wrong with that, I assume?

You may also notice I'm a junior member, and as such not used to such
subtle humour (yes, I missed the smiley after the 8%)...


-- 
Davide