Elvington Industrial Estate, York Road, Elvington, York YO41 4AR  Tel: 01904 608542   Fax: 01904 608962
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Sandalwood Gates
Caring For Your Product

Important Information about your product

Wood is one of the world's most beautiful, versatile and natural products. It is the most natural "green" material there is and unlike steel, concrete or PVC it is "friendly and warm" both to the manufacturer and end user.

As with all natural timber products they will be subject to movement and deterioration as they season. This may become evident with shakes, splits and warping. Timber is a natural product and these are not considered to be a fault or defect.

WE CANNOT GUARANTEE AGAINST ANY OF THESE NATURAL OCCURANCES

Care of your product

Timber, Soft wood in particular will rot and this process will be speeded up if the timber is left untreated or if the top treatment is not carried out adequately.

WE CANNOT GUARANTEE AGAINST THIS NATURAL OCCURANCE

Please note that all of our Softwood timber products, which are not tanalised treated, will be treated with a BASE coat of preservative only (hardwoods will be supplied untreated). They will then require further treatment by yourselves.

We recommend that you then treat your gates annually to keep them looking food for years to come.

Tanalising - this is pressure impregnated powerful water based wood preservative treatment system. It has a pale green colour that eventually fades to a grey colour. Because the process does not seal the timber, splits and cracks may appear.

WE CANNOT GUARANTEE AGAINST THIS NATURAL OCCURANCE

Please note that this is why we only use this treatment for our fencing products and 5 Bar gates. It cannot be used for finish quality products.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE LIFE SPAN OF TANALISED TREATED TIMBER

Steel Posts - We use these instead of timber posts to hang our doors and some gates from because unlike timber they will not warp or twist causing problems with the fitting of the gates in the future. Steel posts will be supplied with one coat of black Hammerite. Please note that further coats may be required after installation.

Finally...

A product manufactured from wood can be one of the most "green" and pleasant items we own and deserves to be looked after with care to give lasting satisfaction.