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what filler to use on external wood cladding
My sister has just moved into a house in northern Sweden, made of
wood. Now that she has painted it a lighter colour, gaps are looking uglier between the top strips of wood on the outside, and the timbers they are nailed onto. (The strips are about 4-5 cm wide and 1-1.5 cm thick, and there is about a 4-5 cm gap between them). Given that the house has stood there since the 1930s, and has been regularly repainted, I doubt that there is any structural problem. But the gaps don't look very nice. In many places they are much too deep (e.g. 3-4 mm) to fill up with paint. I should add that the gaps aren't evident all over the place - just under about maybe 10% of the strips. What filler should we use? Something with a bit of flexibility, as used between windows and masonry? Or common-or-garden builders' caulk? Or what?? Cheers, John |
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