Preparing barge board before capping

Aug 14, 2006 2 Replies
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I'm going to cap barge and soffit boards with PVC and I've been given three different pieces of advice re preparing the wood:



  1. No preparation needed (the wood is sound);
  2. Paint;
  3. Use wood preservative, which would require the remaining paint to be removed. My instinct is for preservative. What do people think?

Bachgennewydd



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You might want to check a similar thread a few days ago.

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I read the thread on fascias and soffits but there was no discussion of preparation of the wood. Painting without capping is not an option because access is a big problem due to abutting neighbouring property. This makes the scaffolding complicated and expensive.

Bachgennewydd

Andrew Gabriel wrote:

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