What is a Stooled Cill?
Stooled cills are used when the wall is brickwork or when side jambs are being used, such as in traditional mullion window surrounds. The purpose of the stooling is to give a flat level surface for the brickwork to sit on.
What size do concrete lintels come in?
Concrete lintels are available in a range of lengths including: 600mm, 900mm, 1200mm, 1350mm, 1500mm and 1800mm.
What is the concrete around windows called?
Window surrounds or stone moldings (concrete lintels and sills) can add elegance to any home.
Which is correct Cill or sill?
So, both spellings are correct although the most common usage is sill and not cill. As an example, if you search the web for the word cill on Google the search engine will display a box with the spelling sill.
What is precast concrete trim?
Architectural Precast is a material manufactured by wet casting concrete in molds. Precast panels are produced in a controlled environment resulting in high performance architectural panels that include steel reinforcing. Precast panels resemble natural stone products and can be used anywhere natural stone is used.
What is precast trim?
Precast concrete window and door trim can be used around windows, doors, or any other opening. They can add to the architectural design (classical, southwestern, colonial, etc.). Several standard colors are available. The main types of trim we offer are step surrounds and channel surrounds.
What are stone lintels & sills?
Stone Lintels & Sills can be cut to requirements and compliment the natural building stone. Cassidy Bros offer cut stone lintels and lintels from a range of different natural stone. Choose from Donegal sandstone, Blue quartz, Donegal slate and brown quartz.
What is a Cill in cast stone?
Cast stone cills (or sills) are a great addition to the cast stone range. They work superbly well with cast stone lintels to create a beautiful look to modern British housing. Stooled cills and bay cills are hand crafted on within our Leicestershire site and are available in a number of varieties and sizes.
Why choose a Barrett’s concrete lintel?
Barrett’s Concrete manufacture an architectural keystone style concrete lintel. This exposed lintel can improve the aesthetics of your building and comes in a variety of sizes to suit different window sizes. Barrett’s architectural string course forms a horizontal band around your building.
Why choose Cassidy Bros for your lintels and sills?
Cassidy Bros offer cut stone lintels and lintels from a range of different natural stone. Choose from Donegal sandstone, Blue quartz, Donegal slate and brown quartz. All lintels and Sills are precision cut with our bridge diamond saw and can be cut to your requirements.