Exterior window lintel and door/porch colours
Hazel
4 years ago
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Help with Victorian door lintel...
Comments (4)I have been there recently and feel your pain! I am restoring a period property on a shoe string and have had to learn how to replicate mouldings all over the place. It takes a lot of patience and a bit of time but you can do it yourself for about £40 plus a few pounds for adhesive if you have the inclination. I would first use an angle grinder to make the damaged surface flat, then carefully remove a couple of the teeth on the other window lintel (bit scary I know) and make a mould by putting them in a flat bottomed dish and pouring two part silicone around it. You can buy this online for about £20. Take the teeth out when it has set and then you can make as may of them as you like. (I watched a few youtube videos first) I use a plaster called Calcite R which you just mix with water and pour into the mould. In a couple of hours you can take them out and when dry, stick them up there with a good quality exterior adhesive. Fill over the joins with flexible exterior filler and paint with a waterproof paint. You can buy a paint on liquid mould too so that you don't have to remove the teeth, but I can't say much about it as I haven't used it. I have only done this for interior mouldings but apparently the plaster I use is suitable for exterior use if painted - there might be a better product out there. It is really easy to do. This is a photo of my ceiling rose which was really badly water damaged. Half of the leaves are original and half of them are new castings that I made in the dish I used to serve the peas in for Sunday lunch. It is a bit time consuming but has saved us a fortune....See MoreHelp with 70s exterior - windows/porch?
Comments (8)Hm... it's a tricky one - I can't see that fancy windows or replacing the cladding would make it much better. I think the problem with the looks is more down to the shape of the dormers and the house in general + it's proportions rather than the materials used on the outside. The porch won't help in the looks department either. I think you're doing what you can - keeping it clean and tidy - and the grass looks very well maintained. I would just try to accept the outside and concentrate my efforts on making the interiors extra pretty....See Morehelp with exterior window and door colour
Comments (7)Good morning Georgia, It's best if you contact the planning department at your local council so that you can get the design process moving in the right direction in terms of working within design constraints. They will be able to advise you on the necessary applications (if applicable) and material selection....See MoreHelp with new porch door/window options
Comments (5)The best way to get a colour match would be to use the same RAL colour. However, if you don't know what RAL colour your existing windows are, we can send you out a colour sample of our light silver metallic and dark silver metallic shades and you can see if they match. Let me know if this is something you'd be interested in and I can get some samples sent out to you. Thanks, Robyn...See More
Hazel
4 years agoHi, thank you so much for your responses. Apologies, I had thought I had uploaded the images! I'll try again now :)
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoWhat a lovely porch! Love that glass! The grey will definately work on all the current brown.
Here just changed the brown to grey:
A little less contrast:
And below some colors from the glass on the door itself:
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