1960s house, nothing to fix first floor windows to above

[Beginerz]

Refurbishing our 1960s house.

Window fitters have fitted replacement UPVC windows, viewed below from the inside. Plastering to come.

Two of the windows fitted 1st floor front and rear elevation had nothing above to mechanically fit to (just soffit space).

You can see some old blocks of wood which I can only assume used to be fixed to the old wooden frames by nails. The nails are still left on them and they haven't been removed by the window fitters but appear now to be there for nothing?

I assume they are not structural.

I assume these ought to be removed and the nails? And after that should we look to try and fit a thin baton or something above the window with foam?

I'm also not sure what the plasterer should fix plasterboard to in the cavity recess at the top when it meets the windows?

Thanks.

 

[noseall]

Refurbishing our 1960s house.

Window fitters have fitted replacement UPVC windows, viewed below from the inside. Plastering to come.

Two of the windows fitted 1st floor front and rear elevation had nothing above to mechanically fit to (just soffit space).

You can see some old blocks of wood which I can only assume used to be fixed to the old wooden frames by nails. The nails are still left on them and they haven't been removed by the window fitters but appear now to be there for nothing?

I assume they are not structural.

I assume these ought to be removed and the nails? And after that should we look to try and fit a thin baton or something above the window with foam?

I'm also not sure what the plasterer should fix plasterboard to in the cavity recess at the top when it meets the windows?

Thanks.

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Skew fix some batten or broader timber to the existing timber header.

We always deal with this when we build the roof using timber that is cradled down from the rafter ends....

Bolt1

• noseall
• 27 Apr 2022

You may even be able to feed a wide enough bit of timber in there so that it lips onto the the top of the window, so that you can fix through the frame vertically, and stop any window head shudder.