[Cob] green treated wood

[David Knowlton]

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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