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20yr old mock tudor home on large housing estate. Do i see pine beams/planks on the exterior and coated with fence paint?? Friend tells me yes, common practice.

Anonymous user 3 March 2024 - 2.52 PM

Im fresh over from australia and a painter. client seemed upset when i told her that the mock beams looked like pine finished with fence preserver.

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Anonymous user

Yes you could well be write, a few years ago i worked on large house projects around london area for a well knowen developer we were fixing pine beams to outside to make look like mock tuder over this we stained dark oak coulour and then varnished in mat Looked like the real thing but not
Answered19 April 2012
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Anonymous user

more likely to be cedar or larch..... if its a top end property the reclaimed oak. All depends on the type of estate, whether its mass housing estate or a single detached build....never heard of pine being used on external mock beams.
Answered8 April 2012
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