A friend has a gable house, with a circular 'window' high up on an external wall - more ornamental than utilitarian (leads into an attic). It used to have a slats installed, cut such that water would not get in. Couple of years ago he asked my help in replacing the slats as they had rotted away, being directly exposed to rain. (The slats are simply nailed in).
I did the job quick, but made a blunder : I did not stop to think deeper about the wood, and used regular poplar. Well, today he tells me that what we put up has rotted again, and needs replacing.
The job itself is pretty easy, but what can I do to avoid the wood rotting in the rain in a couple of years? Exterior wood? Regular wood with exterior paint? Exterior wood with exterior paint? Or some sort of artificial material?
I did the job quick, but made a blunder : I did not stop to think deeper about the wood, and used regular poplar. Well, today he tells me that what we put up has rotted again, and needs replacing.
The job itself is pretty easy, but what can I do to avoid the wood rotting in the rain in a couple of years? Exterior wood? Regular wood with exterior paint? Exterior wood with exterior paint? Or some sort of artificial material?
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