Window-to-Brick Sealant

Contemporary windows have a strip of timber called a "wind mold" that protrudes out from the main window frame on the outside. The brickies then place the bricks so the rear face of the brick is covered by the wind mold. Our window supplier talked us out of this idea, as Victoian windows were not fitted with wind molds. This meant that the gap between the rear face of the bricks and the window frame had to be filled with a sealant. I'm not sure what was used in the past, but we have used a coloured poly-urethane sealant from Sika.

The guy that did the work for us suggested that the window frame be taped so that a clean, straight line of sealant would be seen against the window frame. He did a really good job, and we are very pleased with the result (as well as the colour - "Redwood").