Wood porch columns deteriorate over time. Rain on a west facing porch, leaky gutters, and strong storms allow water to seep through the wood causing a wet rot. You may notice that your paint is peeling, or your existing columns are cracking. Since you need to replace the columns anyway it’s time to pick the right type of wood and the right style to transform your home’s exterior.Read more
Wood fence post finials serve an important function that is often overlooked. Finials protect the top of a post. Most of us don’t realize how important it is to do so because we assume that if wood is treated it will last a long time.
The problem is with a round post, the wood is treated when it is green and freshly sawn. It’s hard to treat green wood. The treatment protects the outside of the post, but the inside is still susceptible to rotting especially if you don’t keep water from going in the end. This can...Read more
Many of us don't like cutting down trees, but recently western red cedar, inland cedar, and other cedar forests have been managed smartly and responsibly, and they have reduced the...Read more
Deck railing paint can fail prematurely - the following identifies some reasons and remedies.
1. Wood was wet when it was painted. (If only the surface of the wood is wet, then only one sunny day is usually needed for drying prior to painting. If the wood is saturated, several sunny or windy days are necessary).
2. Unfinished railings where exposed to several weeks of sunlight before painting.
Sunlight degrades the unfinished wood surface, thus it will never hold paint as well as fresh wood. If the unfinished wood was ex-posed more than a few days, lightly sand or...Read more
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