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Let’s see if I can explain this right. This is how I pulled mine out drill a 12-18 mm hole right through the post, about 150mm above the soil line. Put a rope through and tie into a loop so you have a 600mm diameter hoop of rope. Make a stump of bricks about 5 or 6 courses high (or a stump of...

You will get a far better result if you first get the door properly stripped and sanded (not forgetting to neutralize any stripper with meths) and then *stain* the timber to the appropriate colour and then apply a clear varnish over this. Coloured varnishes such as you suggest are anathema in my...

Question 1: you can use any varnish you like. However, I would avoid any oil based varnish, purely on account of the drying time, which is likely to be at least 12 - 16 hours, during which, every particle of airborne dust in your house will likely find its way to your freshly varnished door and...

Of the places I’ve been then I’d have to go with this... Man made: the Taj Mahal (closely followed by the pyramids at Giza) Natural: the Grand Canyon

The Baratine will offer more protection, though it is not a finish, only a preparatory treatment. Creosote substitutes had the fungicide/insecticides removed some years ago and are no longer the treatment they once were. Consider them more like a cheap oil finish. with the Barratine, it would...