Comments for Designers and Doors http://blog.designerdoors.com An Architectural Blog by the Employees of Designer Doors, Inc. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:38:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Let’s Learn About Wood Rot by admin http://blog.designerdoors.com/archives/lets-learn-about-wood-rot/comment-page-1#comment-322 admin Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:38:13 +0000 http://blog.designerdoors.com/?p=170#comment-322 Thank you for your kind words. We are constantly looking for ways to ensure that our wood products stay in prime condition. Over the past 10 years we have learned new procedures and techniques that help. Some things you can do for your own exterior wood products in particular to help them stay in prime shape. Avoid painting wood dark colors, this is especially true if your wood product will be in the sun for any length of time. Dark colors absorb heat and that can increase cracking of the wood. Make sure your wood is protected by products that allow the wood to breathe. This will allow the wood to expand and contract as it is naturally going to do, without causing cracking and/or warping. Thank you for your kind words. We are constantly looking for ways to ensure that our wood products stay in prime condition. Over the past 10 years we have learned new procedures and techniques that help. Some things you can do for your own exterior wood products in particular to help them stay in prime shape.

Avoid painting wood dark colors, this is especially true if your wood product will be in the sun for any length of time. Dark colors absorb heat and that can increase cracking of the wood.

Make sure your wood is protected by products that allow the wood to breathe. This will allow the wood to expand and contract as it is naturally going to do, without causing cracking and/or warping.

]]> Comment on Let’s Learn About Wood Rot by Robbie Hoganson http://blog.designerdoors.com/archives/lets-learn-about-wood-rot/comment-page-1#comment-319 Robbie Hoganson Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:54:21 +0000 http://blog.designerdoors.com/?p=170#comment-319 Hello there, Are you going to be publishing a follow up piece? My husband and me have squandered some time browsing over your web page and surprisingly enough you touched on some thing we had been discussing only the other week with our accountant. We frequently notice ourselves quarrelling over the smallest of problems, isn't it childish? At any rate we wish you best wishes from the Usa. Hello there, Are you going to be publishing a follow up piece? My husband and me have squandered some time browsing over your web page and surprisingly enough you touched on some thing we had been discussing only the other week with our accountant. We frequently notice ourselves quarrelling over the smallest of problems, isn’t it childish? At any rate we wish you best wishes from the Usa.

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