13-03-2012, 12:10 PM
Hi,
Many thanks for the useful information Lawrence. When I bought the timber for our decking I bought it Tanalized. I used galvanized 3" long nails to secure the boards and I was surprised just how hard the timber was; it was so dense that occasionally the nails just curled up; the boards are 100mm x 32mm supported by 125mm x 50mm joists and to the front are on 100mm x 100mm posts making it a substantial decking. It's been in use many years and is still like new. Tanalizing drives the moisture from the pores of the wood leaving them filled with preservative; wood is in effect like lots of very thin straws that lap up moisture but tanalizing prevents this from happening. I did a bit of reading on the subject when I bought the materials.
I'm interested in your recommendation of Wickes decking treatment Gary and ask if you could please expand on the subject a bit more; what actually is the treatment you use and what colours is it available in? The last treatment I bought was Ronseal from Screwfix and bought it to treat fencing; I must say I'm not too impressed with it. One coat was supposed to be sufficient but I gave two or more coats; the top edges are now bare in places so I'm looking for something much better; price isn't a problem because after all price of materials is only a part of the story; I don't like wasting time applying products that just don't work which in effect make the cheaper products a lot more expensive long term. I save a lot of money doing jobs myself so never skimp on quality.
A couple of planks a day Gary; C'mon; I bet once you start pressure washing you won't want to stop; go for it.
I heard about the hosepipe ban yesterday Gary and how insulting is this. For a small island surrounded by water and the terrible floods over previous years you would think we would never ever be short of water. I can guarantee when I apply gloss paint to the exterior of our bungalow we are never short of water!!
After dinner I'll be out cleaning the gutters to finish the job off. Pressure washing has made a tremendous difference and the money spent buying the Nilfisk has been worth every penny. Pressure washing is certainly more entertaining than watching the rubbish put out on TV these days. It's quite dull here at the moment so perhaps I can take better pictures.
Kind regards, Col.
Many thanks for the useful information Lawrence. When I bought the timber for our decking I bought it Tanalized. I used galvanized 3" long nails to secure the boards and I was surprised just how hard the timber was; it was so dense that occasionally the nails just curled up; the boards are 100mm x 32mm supported by 125mm x 50mm joists and to the front are on 100mm x 100mm posts making it a substantial decking. It's been in use many years and is still like new. Tanalizing drives the moisture from the pores of the wood leaving them filled with preservative; wood is in effect like lots of very thin straws that lap up moisture but tanalizing prevents this from happening. I did a bit of reading on the subject when I bought the materials.
I'm interested in your recommendation of Wickes decking treatment Gary and ask if you could please expand on the subject a bit more; what actually is the treatment you use and what colours is it available in? The last treatment I bought was Ronseal from Screwfix and bought it to treat fencing; I must say I'm not too impressed with it. One coat was supposed to be sufficient but I gave two or more coats; the top edges are now bare in places so I'm looking for something much better; price isn't a problem because after all price of materials is only a part of the story; I don't like wasting time applying products that just don't work which in effect make the cheaper products a lot more expensive long term. I save a lot of money doing jobs myself so never skimp on quality.
A couple of planks a day Gary; C'mon; I bet once you start pressure washing you won't want to stop; go for it.
I heard about the hosepipe ban yesterday Gary and how insulting is this. For a small island surrounded by water and the terrible floods over previous years you would think we would never ever be short of water. I can guarantee when I apply gloss paint to the exterior of our bungalow we are never short of water!!
After dinner I'll be out cleaning the gutters to finish the job off. Pressure washing has made a tremendous difference and the money spent buying the Nilfisk has been worth every penny. Pressure washing is certainly more entertaining than watching the rubbish put out on TV these days. It's quite dull here at the moment so perhaps I can take better pictures.
Kind regards, Col.
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