15/04/2026
A bit different to the street doors we have had benched recently. But weigh the same...🫤💪🏼
Around 10+ years ago Dad and myself knocked up some "at the time temporary" ledge and brace redwood gates. After being painted once since being fitted, they wasn't really maintained as they should of been.
10 years on and it seems the temporary became permanent! Couldn't really bring myself to cut them up. So, with it being the boys first job on the family firm, thought it be fitting me and him revived the gates that myself and the old man once made. Specialists in Renovation I guess 😜
Off with the old posts header, replaced with a pressure treated bit of 7x2" with routed drips. The posts are hardwood and were solid, so they stayed.
All the rotten timber cut away, new replacement sections machined and spliced in to match existing. Screws left showing on the back...because why change the temporary look now? 👌🏼
Prepped and knotted then painted with a solvent based paint system. 1 coat of Sadolin Classic in Ebony on bare timber, followed by 2 coats of Sadolin Extra in Ebony, satin finish.
I wonder if the boy will have to repair them again in 10 years? Or best just get him to prep and paint them again in another 3 to 5 years I guess 😄