Hi,

I'm looking at doing the gutterboards this autumn.

I've heard that cedar is a substantially rot resistant wood that may be
a good choice. Though I'm not sure if that was red or white cedar.

Seems that red cedar is fairly available (certainly online) and I'd need
lots of 1x6" PAR for my job (exact size isn't critical).


So - is red as rot-proof as I'm led to believe?



And is it necessary to coat it with anything before it goes up? (The
face might get a coat of something for prettiness purposes before I
refit the gutter).



The red is about the same price as wood-finish uPVC and I'd rather have
wood as it lends itself to screwing things to!

The soffits are very well sheltered so they might get done in something
cheaper.

Cheers

Tim

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm looking at doing the gutterboards this autumn.

I've heard that cedar is a substantially rot resistant wood that may be a
good choice. Though I'm not sure if that was red or white cedar.

Western Red Cedar is good material ... but expensive.
Pressure treated softwood will be cheaper.

I just did a big external job in "Thermowood" ... another option if you
want longevity.

On 20/09/10 19:39, Rick Hughes wrote:

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm looking at doing the gutterboards this autumn.

I've heard that cedar is a substantially rot resistant wood that may
be a good choice. Though I'm not sure if that was red or white cedar.

Western Red Cedar is good material ... but expensive.
Pressure treated softwood will be cheaper.

Hi Rick,

Thanks for that. I don;t mind the red cedar expense as it isn;t any
worse (by my research) than uPVC (in non white) and I'd like that to
last for a looong time as demounting it is more of a PITA.

But all options are open on the soffits as they won't get it in the neck
from the elements (so much) and they are easy to maintain (mine will be
going up with SS screws for easy maintenance and access behind).

I just did a big external job in "Thermowood" ... another option if you
want longevity.

Thanks - I'll have a look at that too.

Cheers

Tim

On Sep 20, 7:45*pm, Tim Watts wrote:
But all options are open on the soffits as they won't get it in the neck
from the elements (so much) and they are easy to maintain (mine will be
going up with SS screws for easy maintenance and access behind).

Careful with the SS screws. If you use the Screwfix ones, they snap
as soon as you try to unscrew them.

On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:14:06 -0700 (PDT), Martin Bonner wrote:

On Sep 20, 7:45*pm, Tim Watts wrote:
But all options are open on the soffits as they won't get it in the neck
from the elements (so much) and they are easy to maintain (mine will be
going up with SS screws for easy maintenance and access behind).

Careful with the SS screws. If you use the Screwfix ones, they snap
as soon as you try to unscrew them.

Yes, the Turbo SS - I've several screwless heads from various jobs.
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