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Just a bit of a warning, staining can be more hassle than it's worth, it can highlight deep scratches (which you think have been sanded out but have still bruised the fibres), highlight glue, filler and open joints. A light stain whether water based or oil would be better than a dark stain...

Sorry but I have to disagree with this. While you're correct in saying timber rot is caused by fungal, moisture is essential for that fungus to grow/feed otherwise it will remain virtually dormant. Painting will trap the moisture and accelerate the speed and which it rots. I would use a fence...

If it’s ply /pine I have to ask what are you trying to achieve by painting it? You obviously cant paint it on the back side or the edges (I’m presuming its now fitted to the shed) so you’re not going to prevent it degrading in any way by just coating one face. Sorry to just ask questions rather...

What is the substrate your paint is going on to? If you’ve insulated it a presume the paint won’t be going onto the inside face of timer, unless you’ve insulated from the outside?

You can use either PVA or Polyurethane Wood Glue such as D4. If your CLS is Tanalized you must use Polyurethane as nothing else will work.

Personally, I would sit them on top like you say using joist hangers, and for what it’s worth then screw them together to make effectively a 8*2. Are you adding more timber to add strength or just gain height for storage? Only reason I ask is there might be an alternative method to rockwool if...

Chip resistance is as much about getting good adhesion to the substrate, before even thinking about the quality of paint.

Your best bet is to visit small local joinery companies, one of them might have a bit of hardwood in the bottom of the rack which they can put through the planner for you.

If it’s Swedish redwood then no wonder it’s rotten, this is just another name for quick growing softwood pine from Sweden. 90% of all of softwood construction timber used in this country is Swedish redwood and it’s nothing special. While it can be used outside without regular treatment it won’t...

Several options if you don’t want to replace the slat, dig out the rot then simply drill several small holes right through the slat so water can drain the when you oil the bench just work the oil well into this area. Alternatively, you can dig out the rot, soak it in oil and turn the lat over...

There is no reason why you couldn’t fix to this wall. It looks to me the only reason these bolts have failed is because the holes are too big. Move the hoop slightly over and use 10mm concrete bolts with a 10mm masonry drill bit...

I wouldn’t say it’s any thing you have done unless you started cleaning it when it wasn’t fully cured. It does need sorting one way or the other as water could get down the back. With regards to getting them back and fearing they might think you been finicky, so what you’re the customer. Having...

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It sounds to me like your on the right track with your approach, I do wonder why your gluing and screwing before moving on to fitting brackets and blocks, personally I'd do it all at the same, not sure if it would make a difference it's just the way I would do it.

I lot will depend on which part of the tread is creaking.

I am a sprayer by trade, so can say with some certainty you have a lacquered finish on here, the center section is veneered and the blister should be repaireable by injecting with white wood clue (though cant be 100% sure as we don’t know what the original glue was). Strip the finish off the...

I do like foxhole, he’s given some great advice in the past, but I think he is been a bit too simplistic here. It’s not that simple to get a uniformed finish across all surfaces I am a French Polisher with 30 years’ experience, if you employed me to do this, I would be telling you they will be...

If you were to ask a plaster to skim that wall he should, if he's pride in his work, walk striaght out. Take the whole lot out and start again or reboard over the top. Anything less is a bodge

Fair point.

Curious, why not in the middle, just wondering what I’m missing. My theory was it would be no different to a ledger board.