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Damp Vs Timber: A Comprehensive Guide

Timber wood along with all its timber profile is known for its strength and longevity. Nevertheless, despite the strength of the timber, untreated damp can be exceedingly damaging to the timber and can easily result in the extensive and expensive restoration bills. It is necessary that damp must be spotted before installing timber wood in the home. There are many ways in which damp can affect a timber wood. Damp is generally caused by the increase of water in the whole or a part of the house. Whether it is the internal moisture or the seeping of dampness from outside, damp can be easily caused by both and can result in damaging the timber.  Damp, caused by a various causes like a blocked air brick, missing roof-tile, condensation or drain-pipe. Dampness in timber is often due to one of these three issues: œ Wood Rot The principal cause of damp that can be utterly damaging to timber is rot. Wet rot as well as dry rot can easily blossom in moist setting.

Wooden Mouldings: An Introduction

When it comes to giving the finishing touches to a home, it’s all in the little details. Whether the theme you selected for your home is decorative or architectural, wooden mouldings enhance the interest and add a facet to a basic surface, altering its aesthetic and disguising the ugly gaps, coarse edges or the joints of a room. From handrails and skirting to segments for doors and windows, it is the diminutive characteristics that make a big change in your residence. Wooden Mouldings Though, there are a variety of   wooden mouldings   and each one is intended to perform a particular purpose. The framing of a door is a visual alteration from one facade to a new one. With the assortment of wooden mouldings present today, it has become quite overpowering to identify them and use them at appropriate place.  Mouldings are narrow piece of wood that are employed with lacquer or aesthetic intention. Attractive wall wooden mouldings are very well known since ancient ti

Top 5 Timber Global Trends for 2016

Timber wood has long been loved by architects as a captivating way to add natural warmth and linear touch to buildings and houses. Over the years, timber wood has advanced beyond recognizable situations to a level of classiness whereby modern portico and timber moulding designs are now limited only by architectural imagination.  Here are top five notable global trends in timber facade design.    1.      Multi intensity cladding In the previous decade, timber cladding was generally uniform in thickness. Now, many designers prefer to match and mix the depths to generate textures. Adding in the deeper pieces into timber facades creates a captivating play of light and shadow at various times of the day. When allowed to turn silver with age, multi-depth cladding will do so unevenly, further adding to the character of the facade. 2.      Varying cladding size Diversifying timber cladding length and width dimensions to is coming in vogue as the design elements ar