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Basic Aircraft Woodworking This tape covers the basics of wood construction techniques. Safety and introduction to the power tools of the trade…. |
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Four Things to Ask When Shopping for Value-adding Wood Shutters
The 2008 housing market is no one’s dream. Prices are dropping, credit is tightening, and thousands of homes sit on the market, unsold. If you’re like many homeowners, you’re planning on staying put for a while. Maybe you’re considering renovations to raise your home’s value when selling time comes around again.
Did you know that exterior wood shutters are a cost-effective way to add value to your home or condo? Before you start shopping wood shutter websites and stores, however, ask yourself the following four questions. The answers to these questions will help you choose the best shutters for your home.
1. Are these wood shutter sets customizable?
When shopping for wood shutters, customization options might not be your first consideration. However, customization is actually paramount to the success of your shutter installations.
Every window is different. From house to house, window dimensions (height, width, and depth) can vary greatly. In fact, window dimensions can vary markedly even on the same house! The best quality wood shutter sets are those that can be custom-measured to fit your windows precisely. If you order pieces that don’t fit snugly, you will have wasted your money.
Ill-fitting window coverings do not provide your windows with good protection from the elements. They are less likely to withstand rough winds and heavy rains, and are more likely to warp or sustain damage when exposed to a range of conditions that well-fitted shutters can withstand.
Customization is also an added value from the perspective of aesthetics. If you choose the wrong exterior decorations for your home, you will have lowered its value. Exterior aesthetics that look “funny” or “off” can negatively impact your home’s resale value. Wood shutters that are tailored to suit your home’s color scheme, structure, and architectural style, however, add value when it’s time to sell.
2. Are these wood shutters made entirely of wood?
Make no mistake: shutters made from artificial materials and veneers are much, much cheaper than their real-wood cousins. However, paying more for your wood shutter sets early on can net you big rewards later. Genuine wood shutter sets last for decades. When properly maintained, they can outlast your house.
More importantly, genuine wood can withstand various types of rough weather, including wind, snow, hail, prolonged sun exposure, and heavy rains. By contrast, shutters made from artificial compounds warp and fail fairly quickly when exposed to the elements.
Ensure that any wood shutters that you buy are made from genuine, top-grade hardwoods, such as cherry, mahogany, cedar, or oak. If you’re not sure, ask the manufacturer exactly what goes into each wood shutter set. If the response includes words like “compounds”, “fillers”, or “particle board”, you should say, “No, thanks.”
3. Are these wood shutters assembled using genuine mortise-and-tenon joinery?
Many wood shutter manufacturers use cheap glue, nails, or dowel rods in assembly. Conversely, a hallmark of top-grade quality in shutter-making is the use of mortise-and-tenon joinery. Mortise-and-tenon joinery is a time-tested way of fastening pieces of wood together; this assembly technique dates back to approximately 2,500 B.C.
To understand how this fastening technique works, think of how you’d plug a lamp into an electrical socket. The plug fits snugly in the socket; you don’t need to glue it on or nail it in place. In mortise-and-tenon joinery construction, wood pieces are precision-cut to fit in the hollowed grooves of the pieces they connect to. Expert wood shutter craftsmen can create joinery so precisely that no other materials are needed to hold the shutter pieces together.
Since real wood outlasts glue, nails, or dowel rods, mortise-and-tenon joinery connotes quality.
4. Do these wood shutters come from a reputable company?
When committing to a large purchase like wooden shutters for all of your windows, you’ll have the best experience if you research various manufacturing companies prior to buying. Some important questions to ask yourself are:
• Does this company manufacture products in ways that I can agree with?
• Are customer service representatives accessible and friendly?
• Can I speak with expert craftsmen to determine my specific buying needs?
• Will it be easy for me to place an order, to customize my order, to track my order, and to return my order, if warranted?
• Have other buyers been satisfied with this company’s products?
Before investing in wood shutters, research your options. Make sure that the shutters you buy are genuine wood, are assembled in a time-tested fashion, are customizable, and come from a top-quality company. An informed buying decision can help you enjoy the best return on your investment.
About the Author
About the Author:
Estate Millwork manufactures custom, genuine wood shutters and custom doors using sustainable-harvest, top-grade hardwoods. To decide what type of wood shutter is right for you, visit estatemillwork.com.
Where can you buy wood in bulk for construction?
I need about 25 long 2×4s as well as some other various wood for a Construction Project I will be doing this summer. They will need to be about 30 feet long. Is it even possible to get 2×4s that are this long or will I need to put two 15 foot boards together?
Where would you go to buy a lot of wood for a big construction project? It seems like places like Lowe’s would be too expensive if you’re buying a lot of wood. Where else can I look for large amounts of construction wood?
I’m basically going to be putting a pitch on a flat roof. The long 2×4s are for building half-trusses. There would of course be support beams underneath them.
You’re right, I don’t know a lot about construction. But this job really needs to be done and I can’t afford to hire a professional to do it.
Lumber yard or saw mill.
Look for timber suppliers in Yellow Pages, they should be able to quote – you may need to say what structrual grading you need.
How have you arrived at the section size? – spanning 10 metres or so with 4×2’s sound remarkably unlikely, although I realise that might not be what you are planning to do.
Splicing shorter lengths together is one option with suitable fixings and an adequate overlap, although you can get (paralam) engineered timber to span further. You may need the advice of a competent engineer if any of what you are contemplating would be a problem if it collapsed.
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