[PrmrHomeRmdl]

I havent really seen too much of anything to do with Window/Door trim with aluminum trim. Figured I would post a few pictures of what one of our custom window trims look like. We do a built in J-Channel with our trim. I will try and dig through some photos and find some more detailed pictures and some of our other custom pieces we offer.

This customer went with a black sill with white trim. 90% of the time we do the sill the same color as the trim.

 

[WilsonRMDL]

Looks good. Never have done a sill a different color, must have been a good customer to pay for the coil of a diff color

 

[PrmrHomeRmdl]

We dont do too many of that style with black sills. Take a few jobs to go through a full 50' coil so we definitely get our moneys worth.

 

[mako1]

Nice looking job but I think I would have used black nails in the sill.I don't usually face nail the sill anyhow

 

[slowsol]

Nice looking job but I think I would have used black nails in the sill.I don't usually face nail the sill anyhow

Really?

 

[PrmrHomeRmdl]

Nice looking job but I think I would have used black nails in the sill.I don't usually face nail the sill anyhow

Those white speckles aren't nails. Might be snow or paint chips from the soffits. We don't face nail sills. We use a double hemmed strip and nail that to the sill then slide the sill in and nail on a nailer strip under the sill that attaches it to the wall

 

[woodworkbykirk]

it doesnt look right.. it looks like you started with one color only to run out and then used another with the inentions to paint it...

 

[superseal]

It's the first time I've seen it and hopefully the last...no disrespect, it looks like a homeowner patch job.

Please tell me to go pound sand if you'd like :laughing:

 

[Tom M]

It's not as common as it used to be but different color sills were popular. I did many. Not all colors but black was one colonial red another & I think Wedgewood blue.

 

[Gary H]

I seen a few multi colored wraps on alum sided houses from the 70's. haven't seen one in a long time.

 

[PrmrHomeRmdl]

It isn't common. We do maybe 2-3 a year where the customer wants to have black sills. If I go through 2 coils of smooth black a year at 50', that's a lot. It's not my cup of tea either but it's what the customer wants. And it's mainly only customers with old houses 1920's and earlier that request black sills.

 

[Tom M]

I remember doing siding for a lady where pulled off white aluminum with red fascias & window sills & shutters & put it back the same way only with vinyl siding.

 

[Tom Struble]

used to be very common..to say it don't look ''right'' is goofy

 

[jb4211]

I'm not a fan of it either. It may have been popular and i understand "doing what the customer wants", but I'm just not a fan today.

 

[Tom Struble]

what do you think that nice white sill looks like in 3 months?

 

[hdavis]

I don't get the issue, people run 3-4-5 color color schemes and nobody has a problem with that, do they?

I just saw an Italianate that had only the bottoms wrapped (different color), the rest, including siding, was original wood.

 

[Spencer]

Those white speckles aren't nails. Might be snow or paint chips from the soffits. We don't face nail sills. We use a double hemmed strip and nail that to the sill then slide the sill in and nail on a nailer strip under the sill that attaches it to the wall

Show us some pics of your install sometime. I'd love to see some action shots of how you install the double hemmed strip and nailer strip. Watching you guys who do siding for a living is a lot of fun. Thanks for posting. :thumbup:

 

[hdavis]

what do you think that nice white sill looks like in 3 months?

Tom, it looks like the horizontals in your pics are pretty much the same color - porch rails, window sills - is that correct?

 

[builditguy]

I've seen it alot. 70s and older homes that have been resided. We have done a few, just to match the existing. I see it so much I never thought about how it looked.

 

[PrmrHomeRmdl]

Show us some pics of your install sometime. I'd love to see some action shots of how you install the double hemmed strip and nailer strip. Watching you guys who do siding for a living is a lot of fun. Thanks for posting. :thumbup:

When I go back Monday I will try and remember to get a few pictures of how we do our sills with the strip. Were not doing anything to fancy on this house, I did sell a "crown" top that we offer. I will take a picture of that which is pretty nice.