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Fire Retardant and Pressure Treated Wood

Fire Retardant and Pressure Treated Wood

Fire Retardant and Pressure Treated Wood

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Is fire retardant wood available that is also pressure treated or have some other form of decay or moisture resistance? Does fire treated wood alone have some resistance to decay?

RE: Fire Retardant and Pressure Treated Wood

Yes, but with restrictions. Wood treated with borate compounds is decay Resistance, fire resistant, and available ...but not moisture resistant. Here is a typical product
http://www.durable-wood.com/pdfs/borate-eng1oct02.pdf

The Forest Products Lab has looked into this situation, but I don't believe the combinations of treatments discussed here are readily available
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplrp/fplrp545.pdf

www.SlideRuleEra.net idea

RE: Fire Retardant and Pressure Treated Wood

Check with some one who does fire retardent pressure treating.  It was my understanding in the past that Dricon had some decay resistance.

 

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