Window frames - stainless/chromed or aluminium

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osu700
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Post by osu700 »

Just a quick one. When I fitted the windows on Dawn Huntress I set the windows in butyl screen sealant. It is great to use, simply make a bead in the rebate, shove window in and any excess squidging out on the inside can be easily removed by making a ball of the stuff and dabbing at the bits you can see.
I used tape from Tapes Direct as Scott mentioned. I rang and spoke to a very helpful bloke who told me what I needed to get.
Method I used was to stick the tape to the frames and cut off any overlapping bits with a craft knife. Then offer up the frame and decide where it needed to be. I made butt joints where I needed to and when I had the whole frame covered I peeled off the backing.
The tricky part is locating the frame without it sticking to a place where you don't want it to. Believe me this stuff is incredibly strong!
I used four very thin 2" screws pushed into the frame at regular intervals. I then carefully located them in pre-marked holes and pushed the frame towards the cabin side. That was pretty much it.
I am pretty sure that if necessary I will be able to remove the frames without taking the sides with them. Plan would be to use a screenfitters "cheese wire" and clean up residue with a Wurth caramel wheel.
As a footnote I slept on board for ten days around the Jubilee and it bleached down on quite a few of them. She is still in the water as I write and withstood the flooding which we had up here. No sign of water ingress so far!
Hope this of some use.
Pip pip
Hugo

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