sash repair

I dont know were your based but a few years ago i used a timber merchant in wimbledom . Sold every section off the shelf to construct a box sash complete. MERTON TIMBER.

 

most sashes will only rot in the lower 18 inches or so. the rest of the sash wil go on working fine for many more decades. they usaully just need cleaning and painting to stay in good condition.

You can splice in box sections and sills and all windows parts. Any decent timber yard will stock all the sash materials you need.

 

Do you have contacts in this company akademija or do you just like replying to 7 year old posts?

 

Original Sash Repair are a terrible company. I had them round and the bloke spent all his time posting spam on forums.

 

If you are in the S.E. and require hardwood cills made Hadley Wood Joinery will make one to your exact measurements for around £50. Nothing to do with me but a good company to deal with for bespoke windows, doors and staircases.

 

I think a lot of the standard hardwoods bought in timber merchants are not anymore rot proof than Pine, also a lot of timber merchants can't guarantee they have come from managed forests. As far as cills are concerned it's how they are fitted and protected which is the important thing.

 

Anyone know much about or has used Accoya wood?

supposed to be good and FSC certified. One of my local sash joiners now use this wood as is dimensionally more stable then other woods all year round.

 

The joinery shop I use, as above, uses Douglas Fir.

 

I am having a door made up and the joiners used sapele for the frame and door.

They are now using Accoya wood for the panel moldings as they say it is more stable.

I was at the workshop the other day and noticed what looked like MDF being used in the 2 bottom panels on a 4XG door.

The material being used in the panel is actually Medite Tricoya. They left a small piece outside and it did not bubble up like MDF.

 

Check this out

Chippie will like this as hes using a festool

 

Not sure about just using a sheet of anything as a door without a frame and there were a few other slightly dodgy things in the video but it looks interesting.

 

That stuff looks really interesting Jitender, I wonder how long it stands up to moisture long term i.e 10 years +? Also wonder what the toxicity of the dust is like ?

 

Medite Tricoya brilliant board, got a sample here, apparantly it has 50 years plus exterior life.
It contains no formaldehyde, so the dust isn't so harmful, still no excuse not to wear a mask when cutting, machining it.

http://www.meditetricoya.com/images...loads/MediteTricoyaEnglishBrochure_V7_web.pdf

http://www.meditetricoya.com/

 

The 50 year life must be extrapolated, they can't have been testing it that long.