"Big Stuff" is about as close a fit as any.
Earlier this year a local handyman replaced the back deck using the usual KD pine boards. Then one coat of oil immediately before a thunderstorm (which I told him was imminent) and of course all the oil splashed onto the house or washed through below. Jarrah stained oil on KD pine and then washed off looked damned hideous.
The side fence was replaced a few months ago, and that yielded some very good palings. Some of them were up to 21-22mm thick and really solid. These particular palings turned out to be fiddleback Spotted Gum :;
So, a week's work spread over 2-3 weeks to prepare the boards for decking, and here is the result (the colour reproduced here is actually very accurate indeed):
Still a bit of trim work to do.
Now I may be looking for a little trouble with some of these boards. In a few cases I couldn't go right down to new timber at some edges, and there's a few cases of partial de-laminating. The deck is under clear cover, so water shouldn't be a problem, but we'll see how we go. Easy enough to unscrew them a put a new board down.
For those interested in the detail:
The was also the second big project where I used a Carbitool Combination Countersink. It's the Lizard's Gizzards (and I've tried virtually all on the market). Once the depth was set there was no slippage whatsoever during 200+ holes. I'd provide a link but it's not so easy with their site. Every hole that was pre-drilled has a very flush stainless screw in it. Holes that were done after fitting are sometimes not perpendicular so a little out of flush on one side, but can't really be seen.
Earlier this year a local handyman replaced the back deck using the usual KD pine boards. Then one coat of oil immediately before a thunderstorm (which I told him was imminent) and of course all the oil splashed onto the house or washed through below. Jarrah stained oil on KD pine and then washed off looked damned hideous.
The side fence was replaced a few months ago, and that yielded some very good palings. Some of them were up to 21-22mm thick and really solid. These particular palings turned out to be fiddleback Spotted Gum :;
So, a week's work spread over 2-3 weeks to prepare the boards for decking, and here is the result (the colour reproduced here is actually very accurate indeed):
Still a bit of trim work to do.
Now I may be looking for a little trouble with some of these boards. In a few cases I couldn't go right down to new timber at some edges, and there's a few cases of partial de-laminating. The deck is under clear cover, so water shouldn't be a problem, but we'll see how we go. Easy enough to unscrew them a put a new board down.
For those interested in the detail:
- Each board is two dressed palings laminated together with Titebond III (for outdoor use) bar-clamped in 6-10 places for 2 hours minimum. The dressed palings yielded thicknesses of 15,14,13,12mm and so 15+12 and 14+13 gave me 27mm thickness of laminate which then came down to 25mm from the final thicky pass. These are good strong boards, and heavy.
- Voids, nail holes and cracks filled with Sikaflex Pro "Dark amber" which is a nice mid-grey colour. Sikaflex is an exceptional product IMO.
- 5mm roundover for the edges, pre countersunk and drilled, then oiled with two coats of Minwax Decking Oil "Natural". Clothed off the oil after 5 minutes (not in the instructions, but makes ALL the difference to the silky finish).
The was also the second big project where I used a Carbitool Combination Countersink. It's the Lizard's Gizzards (and I've tried virtually all on the market). Once the depth was set there was no slippage whatsoever during 200+ holes. I'd provide a link but it's not so easy with their site. Every hole that was pre-drilled has a very flush stainless screw in it. Holes that were done after fitting are sometimes not perpendicular so a little out of flush on one side, but can't really be seen.
A deck from fence palings
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