Replacing a Rotted Wood Window Sill
If you have wood windows and do not keep up with the painting and caulking, then there is a good chance you may end up with some rotted sills on your windows
If you find some rot a lot of times you can fix without buying a whole new window
Here is how we do it
Before Rotted Window Sill After Replaced with new Sill
If the rot is just in small areas, you can take your time and dig out rotted portion down to solid wood, then get a 2 part wood epoxy and mix and press into hole as tight as possible. Blade this out smooth with putty knife let dry, sand smooth, prime and paint. Good to go
If your sill looks like one above, we had to replace this. This takes a bit more work But if you have a few Handy Man skills and tools you can also do this
Tools needed
#1 Reciprocating Saw
#2 Multi-Tool
#3 Pry bar
#4 Caulking
#5 Foam Sealant
Sill will be attached to interior trim, so being careful cut straight down on edge of sill to separate from interior trim, I used multi tool and noted where nails were and came back with reciprocating saw to cut out nails
Then cut caulk lines around window jamb and bottom of sill
Use reciprocating saw and cut thru sill approx 8" out from edge of window jamb on each side. Now you can pry middle section of sill out. Then being careful pry both ends out
Use a piece of sill to duplicate size on new piece of wood for sill . Cut out new piece and slide in to be sure it fits well, then prime
Once you know it fits and is primed and dry, spray in some foam to fill cavity and slide in sill, foam will help push into place. Put a few finish nails in as needed, re caulk, and paint.
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