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Want to Avoid Faded Outdoor Teak? 3 Actions to Preserve the Honey-Coloured Appeal of Teak Furniture

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Outdoor teak furniture is highly resilient thanks to its quality and exterior friendliness. The naturally oily and dense nature of teak offers it protection from weather elements and pests. The oil prevents water from soaking into the wood, which means that teak furniture can endure rainy and windy conditions with ease. While new teak wood produces a honey colour, it fades and develops a greyish finish over time. This cosmetic change doesn’t affect wood strength.…

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Exciting Siding: Preparing and Painting Aluminium House Siding

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Aluminium’s great durability, weather resistant properties and heat insulation properties make it a fine choice of material for house siding, particularly in the more brutally hot parts of Australia where toughness and insulation really matter. However, aluminium siding does tend to dull and oxidise over time, and many people with aluminium siding choose to paint their siding when it becomes a little old and battered, or when previous coats of paint inevitably start to peel.…

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Building A Home? Here Are 5 Ways To Lower Your Cost Of Building Materials

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Every owner-builder will tell you that building materials form the largest expenditure when building a home. That followed by the cost of labour, which includes architects, engineers, builders, and workers, and then the machinery. If you want to lower your building budget, therefore, it only makes sense to start with the building materials. In this article, find out how you can do that in five different ways. Embrace new building technologies  It may sound a little cliche, but this is probably the most effective way you can lower the cost of your building materials.…

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