[Cob] green treated wood

[David Knowlton]

or maybe bolts will be plastic coated and galvanized in future.

must i assume that all pressure treated wood is of this new type?

david

>From: Joseph R Dupont <joedupont at juno.com>
>To: pilot1ab80 at hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: [Cob] green treated wood
>Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:59:13 -0500
>
>I saw the article on TV.
>The stuff is corrosive. so you must cover the wood with plastic film
>prior to bolting on  or use stainless steel fixtures.
>
>On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:10:31 +0000 "David Knowlton"
><pilot1ab80 at hotmail.com> writes:
> > thanks for the warning.
> >
> > is the product labeled differently?
> >
> > david in fungus riddled florida
> >
> > >From: "Mary Lou McFarland" <louiethefifth at hotmail.com>
> > >To: coblist at deatech.com
> > >Subject: [Cob] green treated wood
> > >Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:54:20 -0600
> > >
> > >I like to keep my ear to the ground on all kinds of building
> > products and
> > >processes and I caught a spot on This Old House the other night
> > about green
> > >treated lumber.  Apparently the last two years green treated lumber
> > hasn't
> > >been processed with the copper/arsenic stuff.  Now it is some other
> > copper
> > >based stuff that is suppose to be less toxic.  One pitfall of this
> > new
> > >product is that it creates a chemical reaction with GALVINIZED
> > metal.  so
> > >if using this product with metal hangers, use stainless steel
> > hangers and
> > >also stainless steel nails.  If you have to use galvinized product
> > then
> > >wrap the end of the green treated board with a vapor barrior but
> > you'll
> > >probably still need to use the stainless steel nails.  If needing a
> > lag
> > >bolt the bolt was run through a short length of plastic tubing.
> > >I know sometimes we have to incorporate readily available products
> > whether
> > >it's our ideal or not, so thought this might be a good heads up
> > >
> > >
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