Specifying timber

[prawnking]

cheers 9fingers
i was thinking unsorted sounds like a bad thing until all recommeded getting unsorted i got suspicious so i asked the question
cheers for the reply

shaun

 

[-David-]

Thanks ninefingers.

That link has plugged lots of gaps in my meager knowledge.

David

 

[devonwoody]

My experience when working with timber which has been tanalised is that the timber is sticky. I was asked by a neighbour to run some posting through my saw and I would not cut timber again using a decent blade if cutting is needed. The sticky finish coats your blade which then overheats and also causes blockages in the extraction system.

Interested to hear more about creasote, professional and where to get it etc.

 

[prawnking]

with regards to pressure treated timber is that the same as tanalised?
well i have done a heck of a lot of work with pressure treated anyway and i have had no problems with blade fouling and overheating, maybe its because your timber wasnt dried out enough, but then i might be wrong as i am far from being an expert just speaking from my own experience

 

[-David-]

These are the Tanalith people - Arch Chemicals inc.

http://www.archchemicals.com/Fed/WOOD this should take you to their wood side of the business.

The situation caused me much confusion last year as no merchant would give me a 'guarantee cerificate' for wood treatment as they used to be able to do in the past. Some merchants were genuinely unaware of what was going on and others were coy because they did not think that the water based system was as effective as CCA.
It is a bit worrysome if like me you are, over a period of years investing 3 figure sums in landscaping, gardening and sheds/ workshops etc.
Every project that I am putting together now has all ground contact or near ground contact timber accessible so that I can monitor and treat them at will.

What I really should do now is to source better timber - which is a learning curve in itself and outside the familiar comfort zone of your local Jewsons or whatever. The question is what and where from.

So if any of you out there know of decent merchants in the Monmouth area, I would love to know.

David

PS

This might also be useful -

http://www.eduscapes.co.uk/timber_specifications.html

 

[prawnking]

cheers for posting link david
so tanalised timber is pressure treated timber dont know if any one else new that but i wasnt 100% sure

shaun

 

[-David-]

prawnking

Another thing to be wary of is that asking if the timber is 'Tanalised' and getting the stock answer yes might not be the entire truth. The chap (chapess) in the yard who is pulling the lenghts out for you will know its treated, but not by which process as 'Tanalised' is something of a generic term like Hoover is for vacuum cleaners.

David

 

[Scrit]

So is "pressure treated"

Scrit