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    • CommentAuthoroiseaux
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2007
     
    The old oak I am using for the cills to my garden room are needless to say showing a few "shakes". I am concerned about deterioration and wondering whether I should cover the exterior of the cill in flashband or something. Should I be concerned, does flashband sound really naff and if not would it actually offer the protection I am looking for. Also how long does it take for the cleaned oak to resume its grey colour, and what should I treat with if anything. Over here in France "les Halles" appear to be without treatment but I have been told that they are doused in woodworm / termite preventative. Thanks.
    • CommentAuthortony
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2007
     
    Linseed oil them -- they will go grey over a few years especially in the sun. No problem with shakes so long as they dont form water traps.
    • CommentAuthoroiseaux
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2007
     
    That's my concern with the cills, if the shake doesn't go all the way through, wont it then form a water trap?
    • CommentAuthortony
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2007
     
    Does it rain in France?
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    Do nothing! Are you in the south where there are capricorn beetles? They can be a nasty problem but 'dousing' won't do any good as the chemical won't soak into the oak. You have to drill holes and insert pellets of insecticide where the beetles are active. Get local advice from an expert who does not have an interest in selling you materials.

    There's a brown painty stuff that the French love to cover their woodwork with. What is it?
    • CommentAuthoroiseaux
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2007
     
    We live in the centre and boy does it rain especially during this last"summer", although I must admit we haven't had any of the wet stuff for about 6 weeks. I'm not sure I've ever seen any of this "brown painty stuff". We did until a few weeks ago gaze spellbound at light green windows and shutters which hadn't seen a lick for many a year. Then out comes a new tin of the brightest aquamarine you've ever seen and voila we now have to wait for another 20 years. However you have reminded me that I did go out and buy this excellent book on restoring old houses using traditional techniques, I'll have to try and read it now instead of just looking at the illustrations!!!!! Thanks anyway
    • CommentAuthorbiffvernon
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2007 edited
     
    This picture:
    http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/tithe_farm_oak_works/Window_Gallery/French_Collection/1688.jpg?0.45194513842533157
    is from Tours. Not a good example of the brown paint as this must have been dome a long time ago and become very weathered, but it's not actually bare oak.
    • CommentAuthoroiseaux
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2007
     
    Thanks for the photo link, Tours is just up the road from us and we have often wandered about gawping at the many and varied fine buildings. Next time I must remember to have a closer look!!
    • CommentAuthorbiffvernon
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2007 edited
     
    Chinon is even better for very old timber buildings. In Tours there are not so many medieval buildings left though, as you say, many fine houses, mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries.

    Here are a couple of pics from Chinon, showing two different shades of the brown stuff on 15th or 16th century oak:

    http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/biffvernon/IM001693.jpg
    http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/biffvernon/Im001698.jpg

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