Protection and durability for timber cladding detail on properties in Exeter has been provided by Sadolin Classic exterior translucent woodstain. The product has tough weather protection and offers resistance to peeling and flaking. Specified in light grey, Gregorian shade, the coating was applied as part of a larger maintenance contract to modernise the entire building envelope.
Ryegate Farm House in Stanstead Abbotts has been renovated with products from the Sadolin woodcare range. The restoration of the dilapidated farm house involved the replacement of the existing cladding. Shipland timber panels were employed for the exterior, coated with Sadolin Extra durable woodstain to provide protection for the wood.
Decorated using Sadolin Classic, a timber fence at All Saints C of E Primary School in Chatham is now more colourful and welcoming for its pupils. The 500m perimeter fence is now bright and cheerful, and the woodstain protects it from sunlight and moisture.
Suitable for small repairs, such as nail holes and minor surface defects, Sandolin Woodfiller is available in 125ml pack sizes and six wood colours from natural oak to dark oak. For larger defects Sandolin offer Stainable Woodfiller. This will absorb most woodstains and dyes and is ideal when filling defects that are to be overcoated with nontimber colours.
Built to provide a single aspect solution to the educational requirements of the community, Mossbourne Community Academy is an award winning school designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership. Protecting the three-storey building?s timber frame are woodstain products from Sandolin. The building comprises two structures: a blockwork diaphragm wall, and a glulam softwood timber frame tied together and supported through the cores and the top lit atria. The structural timber is glulam, using European softwood. Exposed timbers have a hardwood capping integrated into the timber assembly to prevent corrosion. All externally exposed softwood was coated using a three coat Sandolin system. The company?s quick drying wood preserver was applied for a base, followed by a base coat of Sandolin Classic and a top coat of Sandolin Supercoat in light oak.
Dartmouth House, a development in Devon, has undergone a maintenance programme involving the application of Sikkens Cetol BL Opaque for the exterior timber detailing. The water-borne alkyd/acrylic resin blend was specified for its protective and decorative qualities; to provide a robust satin finish and protection against discolouration.
'Translucent Woodcare Systems Colour Guide' is a new six page, pocket sized guide to the eight decorative finishes available in the Sikkens Cetol translucent external woodstain range. Actual wood chip samples are incorporated showing the effects of the different colours on hardwood and softwood. The Sikkens Cetol range provides long term protection for timber and enhances the natural beauty and features of wood. Brief details are given on traditional Cetol HLS and Cetol Filter 7, Cetol BL21 and Cetol 31 waterborne options and also on Cetol Novatech and Cetol Novatop, both of which provide the ultimate in high solids technology.
Exterior timber cladding at the Splash Landings Hotel and Cariba Creek water park, located next door to the Alton Towers Hotel, is protected using products from Sadolin. Wooden weatherboarding, soffits and fascias have been coated with Sadolin Superdec opaque wood protection. Seven different colours of this material were chosen to enhance and highlight the aesthetic appearance of the substrates. The ankyd/acrylic formulation resists cracking, peeling and flaking.