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Porthole window internal poor finish

HU-539016709
last year
last modified: last year

We have a round porthole window and it’s been finished internally poorly. Looks to have plywood surround fitted. I’ve asked a couple of handy men for


ideas. One said to even it out with wood filler or a repair plaster filler. Another to fit some hardboard and plaster up to it. I think I should remove the plywood and plaster but not sure what I’ll find underneath!


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  • PRO
    Caldicot Kitchen & Bathroom Centre
    last year

    Certainly a rather, ah, rustic finish you have there! I'd be tempted to get it removed and done properly, using a flexible plasterboard or flexible Jackoboard, then properly skimmed out.


    As others have said, curves will challenge even the best plasterers, so expect to pay for the privilege of a job well done!

    Comments (7)

    • Jonathan
      last year

      I can’t see any plywood on the picture. What I can see is a perfectly round window in a wall that isn’t perfect. Plastering this perfect circle will challenge most plasterers and so I thing you need to find a better plasterer. It then needs decorating better- decorators calk will flexibly fill the edge between plaster and the window

    • HU-539016709
      Original Author
      last year
      last modified: last year




    • HU-539016709
      Original Author
      last year

      Definitely a wood. Purchased the house and he was definitely a bodger. It’s rough all the way round

    • User
      last year

      Replace the plywood with flexible MDF https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Flexible-Medium-Density-Fibreboard-MDF---6-x-607-x-1220mm/p/190139

    • HU-539016709
      Original Author
      last year

      Thanks like the look of the jackoboardrcd. Probably the 3mm one. can i stick it in place with sticky foam or something more specialised?


    • PRO
      Caldicot Kitchen & Bathroom Centre
      last year

      They do their own fixing (one link below), or check the broad category of product and find something similar.

      https://www.tilingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/product/jackoboard-board-fix-adhesive-290ml#.ZANJzi-nxvI

      Looking at your “stripped out” image above, that looks like a serious botch job. I would consider finding a cnc wood cutting company and get them to mill some perfectly circular forms in ply, say, to place into the hole and attach your flexible board to. You could get these made in 3 or 4 sections to screw together. Couldn’t find quite the right image, but this might give some food for thought.

      https://pin.it/6nzJppe

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