Windows or plastering first?

[moose]

We need both so badly. Windows are ~£16k worth of fancy wooden sashes, but existing plastering is fucked. Which should be done first, oh experts of Urban?

 

[andysays]

We need both so badly. Windows are ~£16k worth of fancy wooden sashes, but existing plastering is fucked. Which should be done first, oh experts of Urban?

Two points to consider

Is the state of the windows so bad that it's allowing further problems to develop?

Will you be having the window frames replaced, and could this cause damage to any new plaster work?

If the answer to either is yes, I'd lean towards getting the windows done first.

 

[danski]

That ^^

 

[gosub]

Windows first...May well be OK but is chance instillation could lead to more plastering needing doing

 

[prunus]

Windows ideally - structure before finishes. But it probably doesn’t matter much provided the windows leaking or similar isn’t the cause of the fucked plaster (as above). Fitting new box sashes (assuming full box replacement and not just the lights) will involve a bit of fucking up the plasterwork around the windows, but any decent installer will make that good anyway as part of the service.

 

[two sheds]

Could you have a go at studying up on plastering and having a go yourself to see whether you can do it? Then the windows, and you can always do/have the plastering done properly when the windows are done.

 

[moose]

Could you have a go at studying up on plastering and having a go yourself to see whether you can do it? Then the windows, and you can always do/have the plastering done properly when the windows are done.

Oh, behave
I can't even ice a cake.

The plaster's probably the kind with hair in it, it's so old. When the wind blows outside, you can hear it pitter-pattering down behind the wallpaper.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Oh, behave
I can't even ice a cake.

 

[WouldBe]

Do windows first, there's bound to be some damage to the plaster when they do them. There might even be some small gaps between the frame and existing plaster so that can be filled when you replaster.

 

[Crispy]

Def windows first. Are sashes a conservation area requirement? They're terrible for air leaks and heat loss in general

 

[two sheds]

Secondary glazing and thick curtains help though

 

[Saul Goodman]

Windows first, or you'll be plastering again when you do the windows.

 

[pug]

Sounds like you should look at the pointing first.

 

[moose]

Def windows first. Are sashes a conservation area requirement? They're terrible for air leaks and heat loss in general

Yes they are. They will be a vast improvement on the current ones, which don't actually close, and let a lot of wind and rain in. I'm still gutted they have to go, as the glass is super-thin and slightly different tints, and glitters in the sun, unlike gruesome plastic.