Post by linus69 on Jun 4, 2009 11:06:32 GMT -5
I noticed the paint splitting and peeling away at the bottom of my front door frame. I poked at the peeling paint with my finger and a big chunk of rotten pine came away.
I cursed heavily and Googled the problem and found all the answers I was seeking. The articles I read stated how most doors today are made with finger-jointed pine jams and frames, doomed for eventual
failure.
Of course all the causes listed I was guilty of, I had simply painted over the factory primed door with a couple of coats of white poly paint.
The articles mention using good primer and marine paint.
The next main cause I was also guilty of, no gutter on the front of the house. When I had the gutters done the front center 37ft piece was never installed.
The wife wanted a covered New England type porch built on that part of the house back then so there was no point of hanging that piece of gutter till that was done.
She went totally cold on the porch idea so it never happened and the gutter was hanging in the rafters of the garage for the last three years.
The articles all stated to cut out about a foot of the rotten member and replace with pressure treated wood. I had some scraps in garage storage which was totally dry and stable.
I cut above the nearest finger-joint in the pine and used a chisel to coax it off.
I copied it in green wood and soaked it in lacquer industrial paint, then I used an electric heater to totally dry out the area and installed my Dutchman piece.
Then a recaulk and good oil primer and oil paint, three coats of each, most important I finally got the damn gutter put up.
Paul
I cursed heavily and Googled the problem and found all the answers I was seeking. The articles I read stated how most doors today are made with finger-jointed pine jams and frames, doomed for eventual
failure.
Of course all the causes listed I was guilty of, I had simply painted over the factory primed door with a couple of coats of white poly paint.
The articles mention using good primer and marine paint.
The next main cause I was also guilty of, no gutter on the front of the house. When I had the gutters done the front center 37ft piece was never installed.
The wife wanted a covered New England type porch built on that part of the house back then so there was no point of hanging that piece of gutter till that was done.
She went totally cold on the porch idea so it never happened and the gutter was hanging in the rafters of the garage for the last three years.
The articles all stated to cut out about a foot of the rotten member and replace with pressure treated wood. I had some scraps in garage storage which was totally dry and stable.
I cut above the nearest finger-joint in the pine and used a chisel to coax it off.
I copied it in green wood and soaked it in lacquer industrial paint, then I used an electric heater to totally dry out the area and installed my Dutchman piece.
Then a recaulk and good oil primer and oil paint, three coats of each, most important I finally got the damn gutter put up.
Paul
