Helpful hints for the choice and placement of a wooden gate or wood fence panels
Because wooden fences and gates all
weather endured, the choice of wood is important. Hardwood and impregnated wood
are the most common types of wood for fences. A wooden fence or needs
maintenance and must be painted once in a while and sanded. Good maintenance
ensures that the gate stays in top condition. Optimal privacy reach the pine or
hardwood fences and screens. To combine wood with green, the choice of a mesh
screen between the wooden fence was made quickly. The mesh can grow a beautiful
vine.
The spring applies traditional as the season of choice to go in
the garden to work, but only nuance is in place. The placement of a wooden gate
for example, there are no seasons. Out of the hundreds of questions that Belgian
Woodforum meets annually, shows that wooden gates is a real autumn and even winter
theme. Therefore bundled wood Information frequently asked questions about wooden
gates:
1. How do I know if a species is suitable for a port?
Exposure to weather, moisture and temperature
extremes get a port to endure hard. Wood lends
itself to this outside application provided
that you choose a type of wood with the
right characteristics for sustainability. For the
above-ground portion of a gate and wooden support
posts without direct ground contact advises Belgian Woodforum woods sustainability Class I,
II or III. Based on their natural durability of wood are divided
into five durability classes from I to V. Class I represents very durable woods, class V for non-durable wood.
2. What types of wood are
eligible?
Dozens of large wood in
stock, each with a unique combination of wood pattern and color and may not be
available with FSC and / or PEFC ecolabel meet the high quality requirements
for a port. Lovers of hardwoods have a choice of naturally enough sustainable
woods. Further afield are western red cedar and European oak naturally durable
enough to qualify for gate applications.
Would you prefer softwoods,
then a prior professional preservation necessary. By softer coniferous species
with low natural durability, such as pine, spruce, larch or to preserve oregon,
increases the durability of the wood. In order to preserve wood skillfully come
chemical preservative in accordance with procedure A3, the thermal treatment
(heat treatment), and the acetylation into account. Thermal treatment and
acetylation are two environmentally sustainable techniques.
Additional tips:
Choose for
African padouk, use wood that has been
expertly dried to a moisture
content of 18 to 20%. The choice falls on ipé,
go for straight-grained ipé which the xylem visible
right running lengthwise.
Straight-grained ipé remains in very humid
conditions for many decades in
excellent condition.
3. What should I watch for the placement?
Always use stainless steel screws and fittings. Iron, steel or galvanized screws and fittings
corrode and cause
hard to remove stains in the wood. Most hardwoods
require pre-drilled holes.
4. Are there other options than to let the wood aging?
By exposure to sunlight and rain occurs
after some time a natural, uniform aging of the
wood. That aging has no effect on the
quality, characteristics, and the life of the wood. If you want to preserve the natural color of the wood, you
have an aging one step ahead. This is possible by the timber according to the rules of the art working with oil that
blocks the UV radiation and is matched to the original
color of the wood.
The first time bring your best
more than one coat
of oil. Respect the drying time
and spend the next layer only when the previous
one is completely
dry hard. To keep the wood grain visible,
you finish with stain. You can also finish the wood with an opaque color layer. Are
you tired of the color after a few years, you remove the old paint off and bring
you to a new
color layer.
5. What about maintenance?
Weathered wood requires no maintenance.
Can not you leave it to pick up the pressure washer, proceed with care and use a gentle spray of water. A powerful jet of water close to the wood namely
damage the wood surface.
