Albert 888 Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) OK removed the old glossed pine window cills,I'm pondering on what to replace them with. I can get mdf ones and gloss, get pine ones to mawth the skirtings, use sofet board as in white or the wood look ones,but I'm thinking of some thin as in 1" kitchen worktop type stuff. Any ideas photos. Granite is out of my price limit sorry. Edited January 22, 2016 by Albert 888 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 tile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 tile? +1 Bull-nose heather brown quarry skirting tile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddoakley Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I'm guessing you mean window boards not window cills? Internal not external? I find that the plastic looks good to start, if done neatly, but it marks easily and then never gets replaced as it's a much bigger job than painting. If it's a kitchen then maybe something a bit funky to match the worktops but generally I would say mdf with time and care taken over the painting. Just my preference. Edd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert 888 Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Tile could be a nice option. Some nice big floor tiles would do it,Im not bad a tiling either. Not keen on quarry tiles sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex C Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Nice piece of slate always looks good I reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert 888 Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I'm guessing you mean window boards not window cills? Internal not external? I find that the plastic looks good to start, if done neatly, but it marks easily and then never gets replaced as it's a much bigger job than painting. If it's a kitchen then maybe something a bit funky to match the worktops but generally I would say mdf with time and care taken over the painting. Just my preference. Edd The inside bit in the recess, I allays thought they were cills, you learn something new every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondoggy Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Have you thought about Corian? It would be different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert 888 Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I'm sat right next to a 8ft x2ft long slate tiled harth bottom for the fire,if I was carefull i may be able to get two to three out of it with the grinder and a dimond disk. Have you thought about Corian? It would be different. What's that I'm going to Google it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheasant Feeder Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 For me it would depend on what room it is, and the style of decor and property. What about oak or sapele. A nice piece of oak sanded and finished with an osmo polyx hardwax oil might be an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Nice piece of slate always looks good I reckon And slate should be available in Wales. Polished limestone is another possibility, the sort of stuff that hearths are sometimes made of. A firm that makes granite worktops might have some off-cuts, horrendous expensifold, I hear you say. Whatever you do, make sure damp can't get across the cavity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Short ends of oak/walnut worktop bought from ebay machined down and oiled. warm and charaterful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Plastic is ugly, can't beat a piece of oak with clear finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert 888 Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 And slate should be available in Wales. Polished limestone is another possibility, the sort of stuff that hearths are sometimes made of. A firm that makes granite worktops might have some off-cuts, horrendous expensifold, I hear you say. Whatever you do, make sure damp can't get across the cavity. Damp sorted I removed the bricks with the cil and had to redo now not touching the outside face bricks. I know of a company that does granite local,I will pop in an see what they have. Have a main bedroom, a childs room and two in the livingroom . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Whenever I do a room I try and save any floor tiles and use them on the window Sills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) I was on a site where granite worktops were being fitted. To give them a bit of strength during transit, a piece was left in across the sink opening and was cut out on site. I've got a wood-burning stove mounted on them in a shepherd's hut. Probably not wide enough for a window board. Edited January 22, 2016 by rjimmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert 888 Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 The house is going to be nice,homely and uncluttered,warm. Light stained wood work light pastel colours as in green,magnolia so on. Apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Make sure the granite is held firm in the child's room, don't want that falling off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert 888 Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Make sure the granite is held firm in the child's room, don't want that falling off! Will do thanks,that's why where having it uncluttered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert 888 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 After a lot of looking around we have decided on the butcher block type worktops in or about 20mm if I can source some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Wooden worktop in 20 ish mm will do what you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Speak to kitchen companies for off cuts Durapol is window bottom made like kitchen laminate tops Very good in conservatories that get hot or condensation issues Don't use tile or stone bottoms they are a bad cold bridge however nice they look I did polished slate in our first home an old cottage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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