Slopes on the windows with your own hands

Slopes on windows - one of the most complicated processes at the final stage of finishing works. Window window inevitably gets damaged, even with a neat window replacement. The cost of finishing the slopes is slightly higher than the usual plastering works. But, the question of how to make slopes on windows correctly excites many diligent hosts.

Using simple methods, guides and paint angles you can make excellent slopes on the windows with your own hands. The main thing in this work is to correctly set the guides at the level.

Two types of guides for window slopes

1. In the first case, ideally flat boards or slats are used. With the help of a level, the guides are placed at the edge of the window opening. To properly form a guiding contour, a malk is used, specially trimmed to the desired size.
2. Malku cut from plywood or flat dostochki with the most correct angles, straight and level. When casting plaster mortar, the straight edge of the malk gives the flat surface of the window slope. Nails or screws are used for fastening.
3. In the second case, the guides are exposed from paint angles and plaster beacons. On the guides, a plaster cast is made by the trowel and leveled by the rule. The plus of this method is that the guides are embedded in the body of the slope, and performs the reinforcement of the corners, which are always a diseased place of the window opening.

For the finishing of window slopes

Materials:

1. Bag of plaster or glue for tiles. Better water and frost resistant.
2. Finishing putty( 1-2 kg) is suitable and acrylic finished mixture.
3. Primer - 1 liter. Not only deep impregnation, but also water repellent, and antifungal.
4. Reinforced fiberglass mesh No. 80 or No. 100.
5. Water-based facade white paint 1.2 kg and pigment-pigment.
6. A bit of gypsum or alabaster, consumables: nails, screws, sandpaper, etc.

Tools:

1. Stainless steel spatula, narrow -( 4-5 cm), medium( 8-10 cm) and wide -( 25-30cm).
2. Trowel or trowel.
3. Rule, grater.
4. Painting brushes.

Finishing of external slopes of windows.

1. After the installation of plastic or wooden windows, as a rule, now they are installed on the mounting foam, the protruding bumps of the frozen foam with a knife for drywall are removed. On the contour of the window, the junctions are sealed with silicone sealant or with a self-expanding polyurethane tape( PSUL).
2. But, the adhesion of facade paint does not provide absolute protection. The ideal option is to use frost-resistant adhesive for tiles. External slopes of windows are made by a wet method.

Plaster of windows on the inside of the windows

1. Simple plastering of slopes of windows, is distinguished by its simplicity. To do this, you need a dry plaster mix based on cement and putty. It is enough to dilute it with water to the consistency of thick sour cream and the mixture is ready for plastering works. The work on finishing the slopes of windows begins after the completion of the plaster work on the ceiling and walls.
2. The surface of the slopes is cleaned, the protrusions are removed, and large cracks and pits are covered with alabaster. On the perimeter of the window opening the corner edge of the slope is removed. Plaster layers are superimposed one after the other, after drying out the previous one, therefore, the work on finishing the slopes can be delayed for two to three days.
3. Lighthouses are set up and strengthened according to the level. It is necessary to take into account a small slant from the box to the corner of the slope. The angles of the dawn of slopes should have the same degree.
4. With small breasts, the cement plaster solution is applied to the vertical planes of the slopes of the windows, and leveled with a wooden sticker with a bent handle. To reinforce the strength of the surface, a reinforced mesh made of fiberglass No. 80 or No. 100 is laid.
5. Alignment of the last layer is done with a straight strip and rubbed with a polyurethane foam. After drying, the slopes shpaklyuyutsya acrylic putty, polished grids and painted with water-based paint.

Installing plastic window slopes

1. The task for making plastic window slopes with your own hands is complex, but feasible. Requires high accuracy and care when marking at the installation. Usually PVC panels and assortment of profiles for them are used. A big plus of such panels - there is no need for their painting.
2. Beautiful slopes are made of plastic, with good skill, you can mount in two to three hours. The panels are cut with a sharp mounting knife for gypsum plasterboard according to precisely sized dimensions. For fastening, a silicone-based adhesive is used.
3. Alternatively, it is possible to make a crate from a rail, and then attach a mounting profile corner and panels to it with small screws - self-tapping screws.
4. The voids are filled with mounting foam or mineral wool. If you have chosen a mounting foam, then at the time of polarization, make sure that there is no distortion. Weak and mobile areas can be fixed with paint or technical tape.

For slopes made of plastic, choose panels resistant to ultraviolet and mechanical damage. For this, there are commercially available reinforced panels, with a strong face layer and even cavities filled with expanded polystyrene. More information about the installation and finishing of window openings is on the video.