Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)
This house was finished in July 2018. After less than 3 years the shutters started rotting, as well as those on the other houses. The construction was crappy, as well as the materials – who would use finger jointed lumber for panels outdoors?I made a set for our house and another set for a neighbor.I used 5/4 poplar for the frames. after routing the dadoes and mortises, I painted (soaked) them all with 2 coats of very thin primer loaded with M1 mildew treatment. Then painted all end grain wood with several coats until no more would soak in. The dadoes in the horizontal members have drain holes to the rear sides. The paint was loaded with M1. I don't know anything else to do to prevent rot.You can see some deterioration on the left side of the window frame; a springtime project.Its truly a shame that construction quality is this poor even on higher end homes. My only advice is to avoid Patrick Malloy homes.