Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: treated lunber

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

[papercreters] Re: treated lunber

I probably was thinking of the old arsenic treated lumber, the new stuff
is copper treated. But I got off subject when I talked about placing it
in or on the ground, my intended use of the new treated lumber with PC
is to use it for a top plate. This would never get wet (unless you have
a roof leak) and would prevent termites from reaching the rafters (I've
seen this happen in older stick built homes that had a roof leak) Thanks
for you input.

Bob the builder

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Janoahsh" <janoahsh@...> wrote:
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> Typically treated lumber only lasts about seven years laying on wet
soil
> around here.
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> Homer Alaska
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> From: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
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> Behalf Of Neal Chabot
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> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: Hurricane straps was: Gathering
Picture
> question
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> You are probably talking about the old method of treatment.
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> Neal
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "countryatheartok" criswells.ok@...
> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, October 5, 2009 10:14:59 AM GMT -07:00 Chihuahua / La
Paz /
> Mazatlan
> Subject: [papercreters] Re: Hurricane straps was: Gathering Picture
question
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> Termites will not eat treated lumber, you can bury it in the ground
and
> come back 20 or 50 years later and it will be untouched by termites or
> wood rot.
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> How do you attach your ceiling joist/rafters to your building? Do you
> build Gable roofs, Hip Roofs or flat roofs?
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> Bob the builder
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