Hello, I've a wooden frame & window which I want to be replaced with uPVC window. My fitter suggested to keep wooden frame as removing it will require masonry work and I'll have to paint again. I wanted to know if this will look ok to have uPVC window in timber frame?
Leaving a wooden frame especially softwood will always be a possible source of rot in the future and over the long term will require more maintenance ie. painting this kind of defeats the purpose of replacing with uPVC.
In my opinion take the pain now and have the masonry work done and enjoy the benefits later. A photo and a better description why it involves masonry work might help to see if you are being conned. I cannot think of a situation other than wanting a smaller window where an opening needs making smaller that any masonry work needs doing. We had some awkward windows at our last house where the windows were held against the the inside face of the outer cavity wall secured by wooden reveals to the inner wall, all that involved was plaster work on the reveals.
Richard
Well I don't see any issue if the timber is still in good condition. I've had ally windows inside timber frames for many many years with no issues at all, but then this house was built with properly treated and painted timber outer frames in the first place, many later ones seem to rot very fast. If its rotten in any way anyway, then you would have no choice but the use some other method. Only you or the experts could know. Brian
Wooden frame is in very good condition and it is well built and looks sturdy. Taking it out completely is something I also don't want to do.
Thanks
I can remember 40 years ago my parents getting "hardwood" timber framed windows with a 25 year guarantee. The recommendation was to apply a expensive branded preservative/stain/varnish every year which my father did religiously. When the bottom of the frame rotted within 10 years and he tried to contact the window company he found that the guarantee wasn't worth the paper it was printed on as the company had gone bust (but the company name had been sold on).
It's not just recent wood that can rot fast.
If all wood surfaces of the frame had been treated with an effective basecoat (primer) sealant before installation and glazing, and there was a proper drip channel at the bottom of the window and the gap between frame and brickwork sealed properly then they may well have lasted 25+ years.
If they were fitted as-made, glazed and then treated/sealed then any water getting into the gap between frame and brick or soaking into the bottom of a vertical part, ie the end-grain, and their fate is 'sealed'.
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