Charles in Aus.
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My front window faces due North [ the equivalent of south in the Northern Hemisphere ] temperatures range from 1' to 40' degrees Celcius here .
I was laid up with cancer a few years ago , missed a lot of house maintenance and rot set into the leading edge of the centre of the sill .
It is made of fairly dense oregon from the early 1940s , I have some similar timber and would like to let in a piece to repair the otherwise excellent frame .
Copper based rot treatments used to be available here but are now banned due to environmental concerns , is there some new magic formula on the market maybe something used in boat building ?
Any suggestions as to what type of glue to use ? Even though the window will be painted I don't want to resort to body filler compounds as the temperature range will just crack them .
Epoxy resin or polyester resin ? I can cut and let in the new piece to some fairly tight tolerances but need a product to stick it there and perhaps even seal the end grain .
I was laid up with cancer a few years ago , missed a lot of house maintenance and rot set into the leading edge of the centre of the sill .
It is made of fairly dense oregon from the early 1940s , I have some similar timber and would like to let in a piece to repair the otherwise excellent frame .
Copper based rot treatments used to be available here but are now banned due to environmental concerns , is there some new magic formula on the market maybe something used in boat building ?
Any suggestions as to what type of glue to use ? Even though the window will be painted I don't want to resort to body filler compounds as the temperature range will just crack them .
Epoxy resin or polyester resin ? I can cut and let in the new piece to some fairly tight tolerances but need a product to stick it there and perhaps even seal the end grain .