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Exterior moulding/achitrave around windows

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  • 10-06-2018 4:02pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭


    I would like to add a bit of exterior trim around our windows, similar to this. Would like something simple, flat rectangular borders. Is there a product that we can buy and add it to the existing windows? Alternatively, how would we go about doing it with plaster/ sand/cement? Am I correct in thinking of scratching the surface then building a frame to hold the mix in? I'm sure there's a simpler way I haven't thought of! :rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭Bullocks


    Jamerican wrote: »
    I would like to add a bit of exterior trim around our windows, similar to this. Would like something simple, flat rectangular borders. Is there a product that we can buy and add it to the existing windows? Alternatively, how would we go about doing it with plaster/ sand/cement? Am I correct in thinking of scratching the surface then building a frame to hold the mix in? I'm sure there's a simpler way I haven't thought of! :rolleyes:
    Lads doing the external insulation use styrofoam moulds that you just stick on and paint .
    You could get a plasterer to do them out of sand and cement but it wouldn't be a cheap job cos it takes time


  • Registered Users Posts: 31,058 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    I have something like these, plus a regular window sill.

    The combination is fairly awful.


  • Registered Users Posts: 33,860 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    There's a new build near me with then in.

    They are horrible make the windows look smaller take away from the house and add nothing.

    For me they are marmite


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