Hardwood Product Maintenance.

Caring for your Joinery Products with Proper On-site Maintenance

Wood is a natural product which requires maintenance.

Parkwood do not currently provide a maintenance service; however, we are happy to offer Sikkens re-decoration joinery coatings in 2.5L and 5L tins mixed to colour, for brush application.

Sikkens re-decoration products that are brush applied may differ slightly from the factory spray applied coating but are the re-coating products that are recommended by Sikkens.

At Parkwood we stock 2.5L tins of Sikkens BL31 in translucent and opaque colours that match our standard colours.

Parkwood warranties state that:

1. The client shall maintain the windows and doors in service and water shall not be allowed to penetrate into the hardwood.
2. The factory applied coatings are not lifetime guaranteed and will require maintenance as detailed below.
3. We recommend that the frames are inspected annually, when the appropriate maintenance should be applied.
4. Only micro-porous coatings shall be used to maintain the timber.

Redecoration Recommendations.

Parkwood recommend that a maintenance redecoration cycle be undertaken, which takes consideration of exposure.

South and west facing elevations may require a more regular inspection than north and east elevations.

Sheltered locations e.g. beneath porch or large roof overhang can expect to re-coat every 5-6 years.

Partly sheltered locations e.g. window built back into reveal can expect to re-coat every 4-5 years.

Unsheltered location e.g. face of building can expect to re-coat every 3-4 years.

Further Information.

See here for further information on the redecoration cycle for translucent coatings

See here for further information on the redecoration cycle for opaque (paint coloured) coatings.