A bit worse for wear

We packed the car up and headed over to JM & Valerie’s. The forecast was good, so we were looking forward to making some good progress on their barn doors and enjoying a productive day together.

Brian started off by sorting out a few leaky holes on the main double doors. He cut out the areas of rotten wood and filled them with small pieces of reclaimed wood JM had recovered from an old cupboard.

Whilst he worked on the left side door, Valérie and I made progress on getting a first coat on the right hand side door. We diluted the paint slightly with some thinners to create an undercoat, and were soon seeing a good coverage and great foundation.

Brian had moved onto the smaller, side door, which was looking quite worse for wear. We removed it first and placed it on two tables. Then he scraped all the loose wood off to get back to what was salvageable. He soon had the rotten, bottom section cut off, and swiftly replaced it with more reclaimed wood. He needed to replace one of the diagonal supports, and a number of rotten areas around the hinges.

Back at the barn doors we needed to leave the undercoat to dry, and the mends to the doors to fix properly before going further. Not a bad start.