The Home Improvements Thread (3)

spiff said:
Hi guys

I need to prep 2 new solid wooden doors for outside use?

they are for my garage french doors leading out into backyard.

the outside face will get beating up by the sun - the original hollow doors have cracked & split and look sh it now.
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I recently made a gate and went for a sealer instead of varnish. If you don't mind the appearance a creosote product would last the longest.
 
Just for interest. I recently drove past the house I sold 15 years ago. The gate and palisade fence still look pretty good. Looking at the rest of the house, I doubt the new owner has bothered to repaint it, so it should still be from when I painted it. I think that was in 2006. The primer I used was Carbomastic 15 and topcoat was Carbothane 134.

https://www.carboline.co.za/products/product-details/?prod=134

Fair warning, this stuff ain't for the budget conscious.
 
ghaye said:
Just for interest. I recently drove past the house I sold 15 years ago. The gate and palisade fence still look pretty good. Looking at the rest of the house, I doubt the new owner has bothered to repaint it, so it should still be from when I painted it. I think that was in 2006. The primer I used was Carbomastic 15 and topcoat was Carbothane 134.

https://www.carboline.co.za/products/product-details/?prod=134

Fair warning, this stuff ain't for the budget conscious.
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Enlighten me, please. WTF am I looking at?

Paint/coatings for metal/wood or can you paint your house with it?

I am a firm believer in a good coating of paint or sealer for wood, metal, and plaster, but I am cautious of anything that holds up too well.
How does one do repairs or maintenance if the coating/paint/sealer is stronger than what you applied it to?
 
W@P said:
Enlighten me, please. WTF am I looking at?

Paint/coatings for metal/wood or can you paint your house with it?

I am a firm believer in a good coating of paint or sealer for wood, metal, and plaster, but I am cautious of anything that holds up too well.
How does one do repairs or maintenance if the coating/paint/sealer is stronger than what you applied it to?
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No paint is going to hold up to a grinder or hammer and chisel..
 
W@P said:
Enlighten me, please. WTF am I looking at?

Paint/coatings for metal/wood or can you paint your house with it?

I am a firm believer in a good coating of paint or sealer for wood, metal, and plaster, but I am cautious of anything that holds up too well.
How does one do repairs or maintenance if the coating/paint/sealer is stronger than what you applied it to?
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Carbomastic 15 is specifically for steel. They do have products for concrete. I'm not aware of anything they would have for wood.
For repairs to any damaged areas you could wire brush and then sand the surround sound paint to create a mechanical key for the fresh coating to adhere to.
 
Rather simple question - I've asked before, what is the strip seal called that they use in stacking doors?
 
Off-The-Chart said:
water back-up solution question:

would the assumption that, you can basically put a pump+tank setup anywhere on your water line be correct?
(like even at the furthest end point)

as long as you make sure to obviously put the proper valves and stuff where they should be
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Steamy Tom said:
The configuration that makes the most sense is to put it inline with the incoming, so meter to tank to house, with a bypass
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NO. Just no.

Keep them separate!

There have been a number of times when I had found that our municipal water supply was tainted/contaminated/untreated. At other times the water smells strongly of chlorine, other times it is far too milky or it has a foul taste - which means that the correct water treatment procedures are not being followed, if at all. And it is occurring more frequently lately.
 
W@P said:
The brush ones are kak. They perish over time and seal rather poorly IMO.

You get a rubber one also.
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I have both rubber and brush, they both shot. Rubber ones are brittle and breaking up - think it's from sun exposure when the doors are open.
 
Supervan II said:
NO. Just no.

Keep them separate!

There have been a number of times when I had found that our municipal water supply was tainted/contaminated/untreated. At other times the water smells strongly of chlorine, other times it is far too milky or it has a foul taste - which means that the correct water treatment procedures are not being followed, if at all. And it is occurring more frequently lately.
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Ummm
 
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