My garage door frame has rotted on both sides at the bottom. Water has soaked up from where the frame touches the concrete floor.
My plan is to cut out the rotted parts and replace, but what is the best way from stopping it from rotting again? Taking into account the bottom sits in water in heavy rain fall.
Thanks,
Steve
Use tanallised (sp?) timber?
In message , Set Square writes
does it need to go to the bottom, could it stop a little way (1 cm?) above the concrete?
Try to ensure that the replacement does not sit in water
1 . Improve drainage 2 . Put half a brick on top of concrete with a bit of dpc plastic on top under the new wood keeping wood above water. Regards Pete
That's exactly how my garage door frame was built fifty years ago.
The small gap has prevented decay from standing water and looks like doing so for many years to come.
The same happened with my garage door jambs, so I lap-jointed in two new
15" sections, but instead of taking them down to the ground, set them on 1.5cm thick slate I cut to shape. I understand slate is used as a damp course in some houses so must be impervious to damp. I also soaked the timber in preservative overnight first. Finally I solved the surface water problem that was causing the door jambs to sit in water.Andy
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