subject: Techniques To Extend Life Of Wooden Gates [print this page] Generally wooden gates are more attractive than metal gates because they give natural look to your place. Wooden gates are mainly put in garden, backyard or any where wooden fence is available, if you are intending to set up wooden gates in your place you should also know that these gates have very short life span. Slowly and slowly they get destroyed due to climate, pollution and insect attacks. Therefore we came with a solution that will help you in extending the life of your wooden gates more than they normally last. In this article you will learn some important techniques on how to extend the life of wooden gates.
Wooden gates are normally available of two types, one made from hard wood and other made from soft wood. If you want to buy one manufactured from hard wood, than there is no problem with the life span because they will last long as they as strong enough to bare the climate, pollution or insect attacks. Nut wooden gates manufacture from hard wood cost bit high as compared to one created from soft wood. Soft wood manufactured gates are easy to design and give unique shape you can find numerous pattern of soft wood gates available in the market.
However softwood gates dont have long life span as compared to hard wood gates. They get quickly ruined due to ultraviolet rays transmitted from sun. These gates made from softwood are very affordable and easily available in the market. Coming to the point let me tell you who to extend or preserve the life of your wooden gates, all you need to do is choose any of the following technique and utilize it on you gate.
1)Use transparent film of lacquer or varnish to avoid dust particles and insect infecting your wooden gate.
2)Or you can put layer of paint on your gate, it works same way compared to the first technique
3)Wooden stain is the best option to protect your gate from almost all problems demolishing its life span.
Wooden stains are easily available in any hardware or general store and its also affordable, it will help in preventing your wooden gate from dust, pollution, climate, insects, and ultraviolet rays. There are many types of wooden stains available in market, select the one that provides whether proof facility. Another benefit of applying wooden stain is enriching the look of your wooden gate by applying different colors to it. Wooden stains are easily available in any hardware or general store.
