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How to repair separated rails and stiles on solid wood doors
I have had some similar projects. On occasion, I have been able to force glue into a joint with a glue syringe and clamp the joints together. The key to this method is cleaning out the joint with a ...
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How to repair separated rails and stiles on solid wood doors
Is the joint still solid? That is, if you grab the two pieces on either side and shake them, is there any movement? If it's solid, then it means that the gap is just a result of shrinkage, and it's ...
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What are the standards for acceptable installation of *prefinished* solid wood pine flooring?
What you show is not acceptable. Without seeing the overall floor I couldn't say whether the whole job is unacceptable or just those few spots. It looks to me like his miter saw is off by a degree or ...
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Do fence pickets need to be totally dry before installing?
That depends partly on the fence design. If you're doing something edge-to-edge, installing water-swollen pickets will result in gaps once the wood dries out.
Otherwise, it's more likely that the ...
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What are the standards for acceptable installation of *prefinished* solid wood pine flooring?
I've never seen flooring like this installed without mitering the edges. Filling in those gaps with a wood filler and refinishing would look terrible. Tongue and grove is done for a tight fit and ...
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Would pine or MDF baseboard better handle humidity fluctuation?
MDF may be marginally more stable, but in my extensive experience it's far too fragile to be used for house trim. I wouldn't install it if it was free. It dents and scratches like nothing.
If you're ...
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How do I stabilise a delaminating pine floor?
Do the edges of the growth rings actually lift up if you put a fingernail under them?
If so
squeeze some wood glue under there
push the grain back down
put down a sheet of waxed paper (shiny side ...
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Is it a bad idea to use pine for painted exterior siding if prepared properly?
Pine will work fine if prep on the wood is done correctly. Prime all ends, the back, the front and two coats of paint on front and ends. This is usually good for 10 plus years. Pine siding has been ...
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Do fence pickets need to be totally dry before installing?
I made the mistake of putting the fence pickets on straight from the store. I bought brown pressure treated wood at the local lumber yard. I put them tightly next to each other and in less than a ...
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New home owner in the north east US. Love this tree but wondering if it needs cut down or how to maintain
That really is too close to the foundation. At a minimum you should trim it so it doesn't contact the house. Longer term, I would indeed consider removing it. Transplanting isn't really an option.
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Help getting a consistent stain across different types of wood
This will still take some experimentation.
Plywood will always take the stain harder than solid wood. If you are using conditioner on the plywood only, that is a good start. You will definitely need ...
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Is it a bad idea to use pine for painted exterior siding if prepared properly?
Paint weathering tests show southern pine to be the poorest wood for holding paint. That is, using the same paint (various paints were used in different tests), the paint failed on pine first. Paints ...
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Oscillating or Drum Floor Sander
Drum sander was the best solution. The pine boards being uneven was a big enough problem on it's own. Even with 40 grit paper on drum sander it took multiple slow passes on an angle just to get the ...
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Are expansion gaps required in between pine flooring for a shed?
There is no need to leave a expansion joint cause treated lumber has a tendency to shrink when it gets warm due to the moisture leaving the lumber. In my experience nail everything tight cause when ...
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Can water based polyurethane be used to prevent knots in pine wood from bleeding through white paint?
Your knots are going to print through no matter what you do; the knots have a different physical texture than the surrounding wood. Corrcting this would take a painstaking amount of sanding primer ...
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Can water based polyurethane be used to prevent knots in pine wood from bleeding through white paint?
Shellac is usually applied to knots prior to top coating. I've not heard of a absolutely foolproof method of sealing knots so that will stop potential bleeding from occurring. If you do decide to ...
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What did my hardwood installer do wrong here?
From what I see...
There is "trash" in the finish
A patch, roughly in the center and running about 75% of the length, was either dry coated or missed all together
The floor needs to be screened ( ...
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What are the standards for acceptable installation of *prefinished* solid wood pine flooring?
The agency that controls grades, tolerances, installation requirements, etc. is the MFMA, which started with maple flooring, but has beached out to include many species and grades. See below:
https://...
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New home owner in the north east US. Love this tree but wondering if it needs cut down or how to maintain
I'm surprised it hasn't visibly damaged the house already at that distance.
The root system will be right underneath the foundations, undermining them & drying out the ground; worse on clay, but ...
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What are the standards for acceptable installation of *prefinished* solid wood pine flooring?
When I spoke with the supplier he said "I told them no such thing! They should have cut them and then used the can of finish that came with the wood to finish the cut edge."
Not sure what ...
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Which Pine to Use?
Yes, you can use Pine for framing. There are many kinds of pine, 1) Lodgepole Pine, 2) Ponderosa Pine, 3) Idaho White Pine. Which is available, will depend on where you are located.
However, Pine is ...
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How to fix blotchy deck
Check the local hardware store paint department. Behr makes a series of deck products that are very good. They include a wood conditioner and mold remover, as I recall. These blotches are very hard to ...
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Urethane or not rough pine walls
I'm guessing the pine is being installed on the interior of the garage? Although it can (and commonly is) used as an exterior wall. Either location Board and Battan walls are rustic and natural.
If ...
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How do I treat a recently sanded pine staircase?
I have remodeled quite a few Victorians the ones with pine or fur treads were usually stained with a honey or amber colored stain then polyurethane, I used varathane a solvent based poly, I have been ...
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What species of wood floor do I have?
I will agree with the general consensus that it is a type of pine. Definitely NOT maple... In the 1880's the wood that was used in homes would be something taken from the area usually a longleaf pine, ...
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What species of wood floor do I have?
With the open grain and how it fuzzed up I would say fir. On the west coast it was very popular for many years. The grain and fuzz look after sanding looks like what many homes on the west coast have. ...
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What species of wood floor do I have?
Poly will wear faster than a standard floor urethane product. Stain color is your preference. Any stain will work on any wood. If you want to compare stains on wood, visit a store with stains, they ...
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Do fence pickets need to be totally dry before installing?
On the other hand, wood shrinking isn't the only wood movement you need to be aware of. As wood picks up moisture it will swell and expand with great force.
If you fully dry out the pickets and then ...
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Do fence pickets need to be totally dry before installing?
If they are not dried the fence will end up having gaps of about 1/4 to 3/8 between the (6 inch) pickets. This is still enough for privacy but will not be 100% view blocking.
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