🧨 Renovate or Detonate? (a maintenance question)

[Hines (Bill)]

Earlier this season there was a light patch of plastic corrugated roofing showing through that I patched with some paint, but last month we had a bit of a hail storm .

I did build this before joining LSC and would have built these differently now. Here are some limitations:

• I don’t have any access to more if this corrugated plastic.
• The glue in many places remains stronger than the wood.
• I have some significant gaps on the decking

I’ve had some shrinkage on all my shingles except the ones I used on my water tower using a revolutionary yet I’ve had some shrinkage on all my shingles except the ones I used on my water tower using a revolutionary yet messy technique.

I slipped slivers into my diamond shingled roofing showing through with some success (ok at 3 meters)

The bungalow is doing ok on the steep section but quite disrupted on the flatter section.

The water tower is ok… so far.

Any suggestions?

Would lindseed oil be worthwhile trying on the Decking vs relaying the deck?

[Rick_Marty]

Not a big fan of Linseed Oil because it is organic and can cause problems.
I use a mixture of motor oil and diesel on all exposed bare wood and have been doing so for 30 years with stellar results.

But YMMV

[Hines (Bill)]

Rick,

Any thoughts on the shingles? I put one down with liquid nails. The diamond was with aquadhere.

What will motor oil do to titebond III, silicon, e6000 & paint?

I was thinking Linseed oil as it polymerises. I’ll look into motor oil.

[capecodtodd (Todd Haskins)]

Those are great looking buildings. I would patch them and keep patching them until they crumble away.

If you try the motor oil be sure to use, used oil. For some reason used works better than new. I don’t know how it will affect your glue but I don’t think it would. Try a test spot and get back to us.