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[forrestb]

I have many French doors and lites the are getting old. Some water damage is invariable - some from water and looks like some due to less-than-good wood. Anyway, years ago when thinking of replacing them I saw Tom Silva use an architectural epoxy to repair damaged wood on some episode of Ask This Old House.

I have now used several tubes of it and am able to keep up with the rot, particularly on the thresholds. You can smooth it out very easily and shape it to conform to the surrounding wood. Smooth is the key to reduce later (power!) sanding before painting - it does not take stain. The nice thing is it does not sag even when applied overhead.

It requires the use of an epoxy 2-part primer to prepare the wood for the real 2-part epoxy. Sounds complicated but really isn't.

It came in handy when I needed to replace a four foot section of a threshold (made on my SS) since it allowed me to blend into the good wood of the lites. Being epoxy, it is not going to fail due to water. And let's see you eat that termites!

What I use is from Advanced Repair Technology

http://www.advancedrepair.com/

or email Christine at contactadvancedrepair@gmail.com. They can only ship ground.

Full disclosure: I am not associated with them in any way other than being a satisfied customer.

Forrest

[swampgator]

Thank you, Ed. Was wondering since we get daily rain most of the summer plus the rain in fall, winter and spring how to make that happen without gutters. You answered all my questions perfectly. Thank you. My old house built in the 1940's and my garage built in 1996 were built to existing code. Changing either of those roofs to hip roofs is almost impossible. If we vacated the premises while they did this, it would work. The garage has a gable brace that goes back about 6 feet with a block on a 2 X 6. They put 2 X 6's from end to end of the 2X4 trusses which takes the gable brace with an additional 2X6 brace for the gable brace.

While out today, I saw another sign in a yard. Will try to remember where it is and post it so you can see how it works here. There has been a lot of pressure by our local media since so many houses were vacated after Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Thanks, Ed.