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Joints wider than 5mm (0.2 inches) must be filled, and the stone manufacturer provides specifications regarding the type of mortar to be used (in your case, a special insulating mortar). In the first image at the top right, it seems the overlap measurement was not followed carefully— or is it just an illusion?

denz. schrieb:
In two places it looks similar, and apparently the adhesive (these days it’s probably no longer mortar) was just smeared in.

We have something similar.

Just be careful with the garage to make sure everything is sealed quickly. At our place, water continuously gets into the building when it rains because the roofing work on the garage roof is not finished yet. The water collects on the roof and finds its way through both (!) walls (in our case, sand-lime bricks for the garage and porous clay blocks for the house).

denz. schrieb:
and obviously, they just smeared in the adhesive (these days it’s probably no longer mortar).

Concrete blocks are laid with adhesive for the bed joints and usually (then of course without such gaps) nothing at all for the head joints. In this case, insulation mortar will most likely be required. There is no adhesive suitable for such thick joints, and also none that provide thermal bridge-free qualities.

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Our bay window now has its lighting installed, so the drywall contractor can close it up and start taping and finishing.

KingSong schrieb:
Our seating window now has its lighting installed, so the drywall contractor can close it up and start plastering

We are currently in the very final stages of our house planning (prefabricated house).
We have a layout on the upper floor similar to yours. Right now, it still has a “standard” window. We like your fixed glazing with a built-in seat so much that I want to quickly ask our project planner if that could be implemented in our build as well. It really looks fantastic!

Do you happen to know if your setup (fixed glazing, seating area) is significantly more expensive than a normal window (tilt-and-turn, with a fixed lower section)?

And in general, does anyone know if this might cause issues with the building permit / planning permission? Essentially, everything stays the same except for a different window being installed...

Firstly, the fixed window is cheaper for us than one that can be opened. Secondly, the construction of the seat window (extending the entire reveal by 60cm (24 inches) and reinforcing it with thick beams so that up to four people can sit on it) cost us around 800 EUR.