Bungalow & Villa

Intended Use

It is important that the joinery or renovation product that you are purchasing is suitable for the intended end use. Some joinery will perform better and last longer in certain locations. For example, panel doors perform best when they are not exposed to the weather. Placing your joinery in an unsuitable location may void your warranty.

Please ask our sales personnel for advice before placing your order if you are unsure about the best product for your particular application.

Site Storage

Exterior Joinery:

Always store Joinery units upright and in a dry ventilated environment. Un-primed Joinery units require at least 1 coat of an oil based primer immediately upon reaching site prior to storage. Bungalow & Villa provide a priming service if required.

Interior Joinery:

Always store Joinery units upright and in a dry ventilated environment away from direct sunlight and heat sources. Special care should be taken on sites with heavy masonry content (i.e. concrete block / slab construction) as moisture from surrounding masonry will be absorbed by raw timber products, compromising directional stability (warping) of components. For the same reasons avoid excessive heat sources such as direct sun light or closed dry rooms.

Mouldings, Turnings & Other Timber Renovation Products:

All Mouldings and Timber products should always be stored in a dry ventilated environment away from direct sunlight. Mouldings should also be stored in such a way as they can not bow and warp.

Priming / Sealing

Exterior Joinery:

Bungalow & Villa recommends purchasing all exterior joinery products Factory Primed / Sealed.

Use only premium quality oil-based alkyd primers and sealers. Within 4 weeks of receiving your joinery, you will need to apply a minimum of 2 successive coats (preferably oil-based enamels) to all primed surfaces, paying special attention to all 'End Grain' surfaces. These are usually the tops andbottoms of doors and window sashes. These areas are where a large percentage of moisture uptake occurs and causes the most common of problems: Swelling, shrinkage and joint failure.

Interior Joinery:

For un-primed Joinery, prime all 6 surfaces of the product immediately upon reaching site. Follow on with the procedures outlined above as for exterior joinery.

Mouldings, Turnings & Other Timber Renovation Products:

For all Mouldings, Turnings and other Timber products , prime/seal all 6 surfaces of the product immediately upon reaching site. Follow on with the procedures outlined above as for Joinery products. All cuts should be sealed prior to installation. For LOSP treated products that are for exterior use, cuts will need to have an application of a timber preservative such at 'Metelex'.

Stain Quality Products

The above guidelines should also be followed for stain quaulity products. Exterior wood stains permeate the surface and work primarily by shedding liquid water from a water repellant surface. As a result, they perform best on vertical surfaces. When used on near horizontal suraces, they can be less effective and have a shorter life.

Timber Treatments

Softwoods, such as Radiata Pine require treatment with a preservative if they are to be used outside. Furthermore, different applications require different levels of treatment. Our product codes indicate whether a product is treated by a suffix 'T'. The treatment processes that we use are appropriate for the application of each product.

LOSP H3.1 Treated products will only accept an oil based Alkyd primer. Acrylic based primers will not fully adhere to the solvent based LOSP treatment. Successive top coats may be Acrylic or water based paints. If you are unsure of the treatment value of your product, please ask us prior to priming.

Cedar (while appearing soft) is technically a 'hard wood' and does not require treatment and is generally our preferred timber for window sashes and door leaves.

Installation

All Bungalow & Villa products require installation by suitably qualified personnel. Incorrect installation will result in disappointing and poor performancealong with a shortened life expectancy of the product concerned.