Finishing window slopes with sandwich panels: do it yourself

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Ready window and fresh air

The view of the new building, on the contrary, with empty windows causes pride in itself, the window is made by one’s own hands, it looks beautiful and is made at the professional level. It remains to breathe deeply fresh air from an open window and share knowledge with those who wish.

Sandwich panels their properties

Why is it necessary to use material with an English name? Why is not drywall or a plastic strip of PVC chosen for slope finishes?
Building technologies undergo a peculiar evolution and are in constant improvement. New technologies have found application in the manufacture of plastic materials and products from them.
So indispensable for construction are sandwich panels, which have a set of valuable properties that ensure their relevance in the construction market. Standard panels are made of three different materials.
The outer side consists of a single-sheet, a certain hardness of PVC. The inner side is made of polystyrene sheet.
The difference between the sandwich panels is only in the material of which the facing side is made. The interior decoration of sandwich panel windows fits perfectly into the interior of any room.
In the people they received the name of warm slopes:

• They are affordable, popular, original and reasonable price for consumers.
• They are not just related to building elements, but are composed as an independent structure with its own composition.
• Between the facing sheets there is a heat-insulating layer, located with the filling, as in a sandwich, hence the name of the building material.
• The material inside the sandwich must be fireproof, therefore it is used to fill mineral wool or expanded polystyrene foam, which allows to obtain non-combustible panels.
• Sandwich panels are environmentally friendly, and work with them is carried out without the use of additional personal protection.
• Sandwich panels for finishing window slopes are best used with a thickness of 1 cm.
• They are suitable for finishing slopes of wooden and plastic windows (seeFinishing slopes of plastic windows - all the subtleties and rules), if the width of the slopes is from 5 cm to 150 cm.
• Openings lined with sandwich panels have high heat-insulating properties.
• Provide additional soundproofing of the room.
• The operational durability and strength of the material does not require evidence, the instructions for use serve as a visual aid.
• The panels are resistant to moisture, mold and fungi, if the window sill is made without violations of technology and all requirements have been met.

Attention: To ensure the best insulating qualities, it is recommended to mount the window sill and slopes at the same time.

The installation of slopes can be performed on the same day as the installation of windows, but it is better to take a break until the next day and allow time for the foam to completely dry.
So:

• To increase the thermal insulation in a room where there is not enough heat from heating devices, the decoration of window slopes with a sandwich panel video is equipped with a layer of heat-insulating consumable material.
• Mounting foam can serve them, but in order to obtain the desired insulating qualities, it is necessary to install the slopes and the windowsill at the same time, by scrolling through the photo and viewing the pictures, you can verify the necessity and simultaneity of these actions.
• The depth of the window, its configuration and the cross section of the window openings are diverse in shape and size. Practical methods of fixing plastic panels to the wall have been developed.
  Fastening the butt ends of the panel to the base of the slopes and the subsequent processing of these ends and other fasteners with decorative corners.
• The joints for closing the panel with the window and window sill are treated with a neutral sealant or a glue based on PVC, known as "liquid plastic", is used. Their advantage over silicone sealant is that the absence of a sticky consistency in them does not allow the seams to turn yellow and become dirty with time.

Visibility is an element of accessibility

What is the advantage over other finishes

Few people are attracted by such a proposal as plastering the internal slopes of the window. It is only necessary to imagine dust, dirt, wet hands, the floor covered with a solution, mixing the solution in small quantities, because it dries quickly.
Working with drywall also requires building skills and painting, quite another thing when decorating slopes with sandwich panels. It is not much different from plastic panel trim, so these two types of work are so popular.
Ease of care, which consists in keeping them clean with ordinary detergents and only, they practically do not require repair. Very simple installation technology.

Stylish slopes on the window made of sandwich panels

Before proceeding with the installation of sandwich panels, you need to do the preparation of materials and consumables:

• Measure the height and width of the window opening to determine the length of the start profile and sandwich panels, as well as determine their width.
• By taken measurements, the starting profile is cut off and the protective tape is removed from the window frame.
• The cut-off starting profile is attached to the frame with 8.5 mm screws every 150 mm, starting from the edge.
• The sandwich panels are marked and cut according to the dimensions taken. Speed ​​of cut and clean cut are achieved using an electric jigsaw.
• For additional warming and filling the voids of small cracks on the surface of the slopes, foaming with mounting foam is performed.
• The protective film is removed from the sandwich panel for finishing the window slopes and vertical panels are installed.
• The joint between the panels and the window sill is closed by the starting profile and again foaming is flush with the outer edge of the wall.
• Then it is cut to size and the finishing strip is fastened on the left side of the window opening.
• All operations in the same sequence are performed on the right side of the window and the side slopes are ready.
• Again, measurements are made of the length and width of the upper slope, and the angles of rotation of the side slopes are measured, which should be the same.
• Installation of the top panel is carried out, the joint is closed by the start profile.
• The top panel is attached to the side panels on both sides.
• The finishing profile for the upper slope is cut.
• At the joints, the finish profile is cut at an angle of 45 ° and a second foaming of the upper slope is performed and the finish bar is installed.
• Joints are filled with white mounting glue, excess is carefully removed.
• White plaster mixes, and the space under the windowsill is plastered.

Attention: Correctly completed installation work allows you to get slopes that are not afraid of severe frosts, and condensation does not collect on them.

The slopes are ready, given that the work was carried out for yourself, you can do everything very carefully and without rushing. Slopes from sandwich panels are installed quickly and clean.
It belongs to the most economical form. window decoration within 1.5-3 hours. A beginner can easily do this job.