Recent content by mikehow

Thanks all for the feedback on this. I went with ply and felt for simplicity and speed which given the weather we got worked out well. The old roof pretty much folded in half when we took it off, so it was just the felt holding things together in the end. Having stripped everything off we've...

Yeah I don't think there is a right answer! I'm really looking for a quick and cost effetive solution which would point to OSB3. OSB3 T&G makes sense from an ease of handling perspective, the area is pretty awkward to access. I'm just mulling over how to install it as OSB3 T&G instructions...

Hi all We've got a covered seating area in our garden with a lean to shed tacked on the back, the lean to shed roof is on its last legs, water has managed to get in to it and the ply roof is delaminating and slowly bowing in. With the weather looking good this weekend, I'm planning to crack on...

Thats what I figured Mike. My main question is how to protect the end grain of the plywood to prevent any new sheet material from delaminating.

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Hi all I'm on a bit of mission to batten down the hatches before winter arrives, next on the agenda is our shed. The shed was in a bit of sorry state when we exchanged on our new house in January and has slowly detoriated over spring and summer as we've concentrated our efforts on the inside...

Thanks - I'd spotted the second link but hadn't seen the first one which is really interesting. The area I've applied Sikkens to is significantly darker hence my reticence to redo all the doors (10 in total) until I'm comfortable with a colour match somewhere near to the original. Managed to...

Well after a trip down to Brewers today, I came home with some Sikkens. Testing it out it side by side with the Osmo tester, it still looks a way off colour wise to what is on currently. Looking a bit harder tonight its definitely a varnish finish as its cracked and hazed on another door...

Thanks for the quick replies. Having done a few searches definitely looks like a Sikkens light oak. We’ve got a Brewers locally so I’ll pop down Monday. What a great forum (y)

Hi all Just wondering whether anyone would be able to shed some light on what finish commercial companies use for external oak bi fold doors? The house we moved in to earlier in the year has a set of bi folds fitted, unfortunately the external doors have weathered badly particularly on the...

Hi all First post here after lurking and picking up the odd tip here and there in the past. Other than odd bits of joinery around the house, I'm starting my first woodworking project and looking for a few ideas. Currently I'm looking at installing a water feature in our garden, previous owner...