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  • Trimview Windows & Doors

    1/1 Patriarch Drive, Huntingfield, TAS 7055, Australia

    Ph: 03 6239 3007
    Fax: 03 6239 3008

    Email: sales@trimview.net.au

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Onsite Care

CARE AND MAINTENANCE

 

FOR WINDOWS AND DOORS THAT ARE OILED

THE OIL WE HAVE APPLIED IS” MADDISON OIL”, “NATURAL”, AVAILABLE AT TASPAINTS, MURRAY ST HOBART

APPLY 2 (PREFERABLY 3) FULL FLOW COATS OF MADDISON OIL TO ALL SURFACES OF YOUR PRODUCT.

OVER TIME THE LUSTRE, COLOUR OF YOUR WINDOWS & DOORS WILL FADE BACK SO A “PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE” PROGRAM SHOULD BE PUT IN PLACE FOR YOUR WINDOWS AND DOORS.

 

FOR PAINTED WINDOWS & DOORS

IF YOUR WINDOWS OR DOORS ARE PAINTED, WE HAVE APPLIED A COAT OF OIL BASED PRIMER

YOU SHOULD APPLY 2 (PREFERABLY 3) FULL TOP COATS OF PAINT, AND WE RECOMMEND

A “PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE” PROGRAM SHOULD ALSO BE PUT IN PLACE FOR YOUR WINDOWS & DOORS.

WINDOW SILLS & DOOR TREDS SHOULD BE WIPED DOWN AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR WITH CLEAN WARM WATER TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF DIRT ETC. BI FOLD DOOR TREDS SHOULD BE FREE FROM BUILD UP OF DIRT & GRIME IN TRACKS

WEEP HOLES TO FRONT OF BI FOLD DOOR TREDS SHOULD ALSO BE FREE FROM BUILD UP OF DIRT & GRIME.

 

PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE”

FOR EXAMPLE:  APPLY ANOTHER LIGHT COAT OF OIL POSSIBLY ONCE EVERY 18 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS, OR MAYBE EVEN BEFORE THIS, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF LOCAL CONDITIONS AND ORIENTATION (IE: NORTH, SOUTH,

EAST OR WEST FACING)

BUT ALWAYS READ THE MANUFACTURERS LABEL ON THE OIL OR PAINT CHOSEN

 

FAILURE TO APPLY FINAL TOP COATS ON COMPLETEION OF WORKS WILL VOID ANY WARANTY CLAIMS