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Yes, I love my clients to tell me how small and insignificant the problem is only to discover it's rotten as a peach
As it turned out, the threshold wasn't too bad and would have been an easy repair. However the circa 30yo aluminium framed door which "only needs new handles" actually needs a replacement locking mechanism, the hinges are worn and both 16mm thick glazed units have failed. Scrap that.
The Repair Care was great to use for splicing on a new end to the window sill yesterday. Also filling in the dozen nail holes where the cabinet was attached to the sill and apron.
Really, what kinda person has the capacity to make a cabinet with routed mortice joints and a first fix nailer but chops off the end of a window sill. Fucking Cockwomble
user69121
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Yes, I love my clients to tell me how small and insignificant the problem is only to discover it's rotten as a peach. Budget a fair bit for repair care and let the client know up front. One guy I put on to it always charges for 2 sets, so around £120 on any job he's using it. He's not got time for splicing wood though. I don't use anything like that but you could reckon 1 entire set for most of those kind of door jobs if you don't judge it right when you are cutting out with the chisel.
There's a trade off between speed and saving material though. I wouldn't sand it too much once it's dry, use a plane. If you need a really fine finish you'll usually have to fill in some small imperfections with a finishing filler. They make one which does a good job but I've not seen any problem from using a wood filler like the brown pot of wood filler from Toupret.