New porch door and windows FAIL

stuart45

Kaipa88 said:

What exactly should be underneath the outside of the windowsills? 

Normally mortar.

Kaipa88

Ok so he’s been back - put mortar underneath windowsills, replaced handles (which actually match!) and put a trim above the door. I’ll neaten up the mortar at a later point but better than before 

Kaipa88

On a side note weirdly the white acrylic paint he’s used to seal around the window frames is still soft. Any ideas? 

WIAWSNB

Kaipa88 said:

On a side note weirdly the white acrylic paint he’s used to seal around the window frames is still soft. Any ideas? 

Where?

And what's under the paint? 

Kaipa88

Sorry white acrylic sealant not paint. Around the windowsills as previous pictured. It doesn’t feel firm, I pressed my finger in abit and it’s left an imprint 

WIAWSNB

Kaipa88 said:

Sorry white acrylic sealant not paint. Around the windowsills as previous pictured. It doesn’t feel firm, I pressed my finger in abit and it’s left an imprint 

Ah. Well, it doesn't set 'hard', as it's designed to remain flexible and cope with small movements - expansion/contraction, doors and windows being slammed shut, etc. But I also expect an element here is the cold, wet weather, so it'll take a lot longer to set to its 'normal' level in any case.

It will always be 'springy' to some degree, but I don't think should be 'impressionable' - that suggests it ain't fully set yet.

Kaipa88

Yes unfortunately there’s no heating in the porch and it’s been incredibly wet recently so we’ll see.. it doesn’t feel like it’s set 

greyteam1959

Is this guy's name John Wayne by any chance ??
Just appalling workmanship.

WIAWSNB

It's now perfectly acceptable, I think. But what a shame they didn't demonstrate some pride from the off.

Kaipa88

Yes absolutely won’t be using them again!