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Then drilled a pilot hole, then countersunk...
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...before screwing the new wood to the window.
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The bottom held in place. Another pilot hole to fix a screw into the bracket.
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All the new wood glued and screwed together. Left it to set, then next time...
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...filled in all the missing polystyrene, glueing in place the larger pieces.
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Closer view over the water heater...
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...and to the left of the window.
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Put the seat back in place to make sure the angle brackets would fit into the new wooden batten.
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Decided to screw into the uprights were possible.
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Bracket positions were then marked with pencil on the seat frame.
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Trial fit of the wallboards without glue, just to familiarize myself with them.
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By the water heater, noticed the wallboard did not seem to fit, marked it with a pencil, then removed the wallboard.
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Used a Stanley knife to cut the wallboard back to this pencil line.
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Another trial, much better fit now, the wallboard is flush.
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Now for the glue up, cut the nozzle with a "V" shape, this will give peaks to the glue...
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...like this, when the board is pressed into place it should help to fill any gaps (thats the theory)
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Starting with the right hand board. Using the Everbuild Instant Nails covered the wood on the wall and the back of the wallboard (used 2/3 tubes)
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After pressing into place, used clamps and boards with props to keep a little pressure on the wallboard. Left to dry overnight.
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Under the window, noticed I had made a mistake, this wooden upright is slightly proud and of course it is glued in place.
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I took an electric plane to it, a couple of passes and it was flush again. Also cleaned the old glue off the floor with a chisel.
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Time for more glue-up. This is the back of the board covered in peaks...
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...and the wood bits on the wall. On the wood and wallboard used four tubes to get the coverage I wanted.
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Again pressed into place and propped, the wallboard is not truly flat (because it is thin ply) so this just helps.
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Now for putting everything back together. Basically just a reversal of removing. I will just show the extra bits...the seat side at the top can now screw into a wood batten behind the wallboard.
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New seat supports, they are screwed into a rail at the bottom, also screwed from the top, I wanted to add rigidity to everything. The window rubber re-fixed (See Here for detail)
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Covered all joins with strips (look on this page to see how I made them) After trying various glues without success hot glue worked. Then the window blind and pelmet were re-attached...
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...to finish. Looks the same as when I started!! But of course its all rigid now. Last thing to do, the rail outside. See Here.
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