Thread: Making large garage doors - unsure of what timber to use.

I dont think your nuts. Well not as far as Design Pine H3 is concerned. Timber doors I will reserve judgement. 300mm eaves will only protect half the height of the door, if that.
LOSP treatment is ideal for pine when used above ground. The oil impregnation is a great help with split prevention. Unlike CCA which actually encourages splitting as it dries out.
We introduced LOSP back in the early 80's. It was not recieved well and I had a lot of trouble getting it into the market in the early days. Not the products fault, just a sceptical customer base and a boof head salesman. Today things are much different. Go you good thing.

Highly recommend it.
Just make sure you do a thorough paint preparation and use a good quality paint, I recommend Haymes, it leaves the others for dead also 100% Australian owned and made

Originally Posted by rwbuild

Just make sure you do a thorough paint preparation and use a good quality paint, I recommend Haymes, it leaves the others for dead also 100% Australian owned and made

Haymes is the only paint that I will use and have done for many years for the above reasons.

Don't know what design you have in mind, if it were me i would make the frames with M & T joins from pine and use hardwood wedges. 2-3 coats of paint all around then clad the outside with T & G pine, painting the inside face and tongue and groove before fixing. Add a drip flashing to the door frame head. 2-3 coats of paint to the bottom edge of the doors. Hang em and paint the whole lot again.

Originally Posted by rwbuild

Highly recommend it.
Just make sure you do a thorough paint preparation and use a good quality paint, I recommend Haymes, it leaves the others for dead also 100% Australian owned and made

Have you used their paint in an airless sprayer before?

For undercoat, my usual method is to spray, then backbrush into all the nooks and crannies of the wood to completely fill the grain. Then topcoats are just sprayed on.