This week’s case study is a deck with a view! It’s definitely worth putting a bit of time and money in to revive and protect it for years to come. This deck is built using IPE decking which is an extremely hard wood. This makes it more difficult for protective treatments to impregnate the wood. […]
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With such a wide variety of wood care products; from strippers to cleaners and finishings to paints, we’re confident Owatrol will have the perfect product for your next project.
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Owatrol have partnered with Duffield Timber to provide excellent cladding pre-treated with SI-106, an Owatrol product designed specifically for industrial application providing excellent UV protection. Who are Duffield Timber? Duffield Timber are a 3rd generation family-run timber merchant business based in Yorkshire reflecting the same values and emphasis on quality customer service as we pride […]
We get a lot of enquiries from customers asking what they need to do to their deck in order for it to be ready to paint or treat with their choice of finish so we thought we’d give some guidance as it’s not a one solution fits all sort of question! The preparation you need […]
Following on from the success of our Wood Care Guide we have produced a series of posts taking you through the process of erecting a new garden fence – right from choosing which type to protecting and maintaining your completed fence. Below you can see each post in the series as well as a brief […]
How to choose your garden fence: Keeping your fence in great condition
Posted on in For the Garden, How To Guides, Wood CareThis final post in our garden fencing series explains how to keep your brand new garden fence looking at it’s best and what maintenance will be required depending on the options you have chosen when erecting it. The main thing to remember when maintaining your fence is that prevention is most definitely better than cure. […]
How to choose your garden fence: Using water-based wood protection
Posted on in For the Garden, How To Guides, Wood CareHaving already discussed saturating wood oils and matt opaque finishes for protecting your fence it just leaves for us to discuss the water-based finishes which are seen to be the most environmentally-friendly products. We will discuss the main features of our water-based saturating wood finish Aquadecks. The main benefit of using Aquadecks on your fence […]
How to choose your garden fence: Protecting your fence with opaque finishes
Posted on in For the Garden, How To Guides, Wood CareEDIT: This post has been edited to reflect the fact that we now have an opaque finish specifically for Sheds and Fences called Shed & Fence Paint. 13.5.2016 In the last post in our fencing series we explained using saturating oils to protect your fence against the elements. This week we’re discussing an alternative option […]
How to choose your garden fence: Protecting your fence with Saturating oils
Posted on in For the Garden, How To Guides, Wood CareThis is the first part of our fencing series which gets down to the nitty gritty of what we know best here at Owatrol – protecting your wood. The first thing to say is that we would always recommend first treating new wood with our new wood protection Seasonite and then allowing it to weather […]
How to choose your garden fence: Erecting a closeboard fence
Posted on in For the Garden, How To Guides, Wood CareIn this part of our fencing guide we’ll be explaining how to erect a closeboard (featheredge) fence. This can be more taxing than a standard lap panel fence and as such some people may choose to have it installed by a professional. However, this can be extremely expensive and with the right guidance you should […]
How to choose your garden fence: Erecting a lap panel fence
Posted on in For the Garden, How To Guides, Wood CareIn the next two posts in our series we will be shedding some light on how to physically get your fence up. In this post we’ll be explaining how to put up a standard lap panel fence (assuming you’ve put up the posts already – see our guide to setting in fence posts earlier in […]