Repair to wooden window surround

[clairelouisecook]

I need to repair/replace the wooden piece above a ground floor bay window which is partly rotten. It is a 1920's house and the window has a typical curved lip above the window - wooden structure as far as I can tell covered in render. The piece that is rotten is horizontal, like a soffit under the rendered lip. I cannot see how to remove or replace it without damaging the render and am unsure how to repair it.

Advice on repair/replacement method sought, thanks.

 

[HandyHands]

Picture ?

 

[clairelouisecook]

Here is a picture of the problem. As I hope you can see there is rot in the under panel of the window and word work therefore we need to understand how we should remove this panel it seems to be attached to something further inside, but I am not sure how a window is constructed. These windows were orginally the frames for a sash window which at some point has been converted to take an aluminium doble glazed panel. Hope would be gratefully received.
regards
Claire

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• clairelouisecook
• 20 Apr 2009
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