The Borates Are Here!

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This is a trademarked logo owned by WWPI, and indicates that the treater participates in the CheckMark program. The program requires thirdparty inspection by one of five certified inspection agencies of treated product to assure that AWPA standards are followed. Inspections by agencies not accredited by ALSC are invalid. (It is not necessary to be a WWPI member to participate in the program).

(2) The display of the quality mark of an American Lumber Standard Committee-accredited third party inspection agency. These quality marks and the names of applicable agencies on the West Coast are listed in a separate chart. This ensures that an authorized inspection agency periodically inspects wood produced by this treater to ensure that AWPA standards are being followed.

(3) A stamp or end-tag that references the applicable ICBO-ER relevant to the preservative and species. A sample of a proper ICBO-ER stamp is shown below. Treaters are not authorized to reference an ICBO-ER unless their products are third party inspected by Timber Products Inspection Agency, and unless its specific treating plant has submitted the proper samples and test data to the ICBO Evaluation Service. (No other inspection agency is currently considered valid by the ICBO).

Wholesalers, retailers, building officials and consumers should not be

What To Look For ln Tleated Wood

1. An ICBO Stamp: 2000 FnolEcrED, lpercaflO$ 2001

A stamp or end-tag referencing at least one of the following:

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2. This logo:

3. A quality mark of an ALSO-accredited agency referencing the applicable AWPA standard misled by products that do not display the proper industry promulgated endtag or stamp. Treaters that don't have the official stamp or end-tag are not required to have their products inspected by a third-party inspection agency that has been accredited by the ALSC or ICBO.

Looking Forward

Pac Bor has proved successful because of its low mammalian and environmental toxicity (California Proposition 65 warnings are not required and Consumer Information Sheets are unnecessary), good yardability (less twisting and warpage), and high degree of efficacy. The treatment's limitation is that it must not be used in unprotected exterior applications or in ground contact.

The use of borate treated wood throughout the house, a standard fea-

How To Avoid Tieated Wood Not Meeting Industry Standards

d. Carefully review official-looking stamps that reference agencies not accredited by ALSC or ICBO.

b. Carefully review advertisements and literature that list official-sounding regulations, codes and agency approvals, but fail to mark the finished products with appropriate markings.

C. Beware end-tags or stamps that say "Lifetime Warranty" or "Ground Contact," but do not contain one of the quality marks previously discussed. Be sure to request and read the "lifetime warranty" associated with the wood, as it may be invalid if the wood was not treated accordino to AWPA standards.

ture in Hawaii, is now being embraced in the mainland U.S. as a means to protect structures against the damage caused by termites, beetles, and decay fungi. The use of boratetreated products allows builders to construct more durable homes, allowing them to point to the borate treated wood as a marker of quality and set- ting their homes apart from other new and existing homes in the marketplace.

Today 1 5 wood preserving plants in North America treat with borates.

Currently, a full line of products from treated lumber and plywood to treated OSB is available to builders so that all the structural components in the house can be made with borate treated products.

Just as I predicted in 1989's "The Borates Are Coming!," the role of borates has continued to grow in the North American wood preservation industry, including use in alternative exterior preservative formulations, and most recently by data supporting their performance in railroad ties.

It appears obvious that as a tool for use in modern wood protection systems, borates may be the most versatile active ingredient available today. The potential range of products is innumerable and end use applications cover the entire spectrum of timber preservation. It can certainly be said that "The Borates are Here!"

PRESSURE.TREATED WOOD

SillBor* boratetleated wood, is well suited for sill plates, trusses, wall plates, ceiling joists, floor beams, door frames, and other internal applications in areas that are not subject to direct contact with the ground or where continuous contact with water is involved. lt is an ideal building material where leaching is not a normal hazard except during the initial period of construction.

o Pressure impregnated with an organic oreservative r Meets ICBO requirements and AWPA standards r Double-play protection: pressure and diffusion

. Does not require California's Prop 65 labeling.

A reliable altemative to pressuretreated wood.

Natural Selectm wood has been used in applications where special environmental concems exis1, and offers consumers a choice in preserved wood. lt carries the same lifetime limited warranty as conventional Wolmanized@ wood and is the most effective and successful altemative to traditional treated wood worldwide.

Offers consumers a choice in preserued wood ldeal for playground equipment structural applicationl sill plate, decks, patios, garden and landscape structures No more corrosive than untreated wood; use ordinary hot-dipped steel fasteners

Does not require California's Prop 65 labeling.

For stocking or special order Informatlon contact Conrad Forest Products, a pioneer in wood preservation. Headquartered on the southern Oregon coast and a long-time supplier to the western U.S. and Pacific Rim markets, Conrad has provided wood of various species, protected by a range of preservatives, for more than four decades.

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Main Building Supply, Rogue River, Or., expects its current remodel and expansion to be completed by early fall; Darren Jahn, mgr., is acquiring the business from his father-in-law, Bob Kirkwood; also retiring is longtime hardware store mgr. Larry Moss

Ande rs on Lumb e r, Pocatello, Id., expects to complete phase one of its rebuilding this month; the entire reconstruction of the yard, which was destroyed by fire last July, will cost $1.5 million ...

Parr Lumber; Hillsboro, Or., sold a facility in Bend, Or., to Mike's Fence Center Inc. for $1.525 million ...

Rogue True Value Hardware, Grants Pass, Or., which was founded in 1899 as Rogue River Hardware, has closed

Honsador Lumber received a five-year extension from the Kauai County, Hi.. planning commission to continue operating its yard and truss plant on Ninini Point Rd.

Ashby Lumber, Pleasant Hill, Ca., and neighboring Concord Masonry Supply are under pressure from residents to relocate to create more green Epace

M c Lendon Hardware, Puyallup, Wa., is more than doubling its size to 90,000 sq. ft. ...

Orchard Supply Hardware will open six No. Ca. units next year, including Tracy, Ca. .,.

Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim, Ca., was presented the Business Ethics in America of the Year Award by the Los Alamitos Chamber of Commerce

Lowe's Cos. opens new stores late this month in Vacaville (Kenneth Drake, mgr.) and San

Bruno (Rodney Voegele, mgr.), Ca.; opened recently in Lake Oswego, Or. (John Hills, mgr.); officially unveiled its 1.2 million sq. ft. regional DC in Penis, Ca.; plans to open in late fall in Roseville, Ca., and early next year in Elk Grove, Ca., and purchased a shuttered Montgomery Ward in Citrus Heights, Ca., which will be demolished and replaced with a 136,000-sq. ft. home center by late spring }WZ ...

Home Depot this month opens a 115,365-sq. ft. pro store in Phoenix. Az., as well as home centers in Apache Junction (Mesa), Az.: Pearl City, Hi.; Pocatello (Chubbuck), Id.; Las Vegas (Pecos), Nv.; El Centro and Los Angeles (Hyde Park), Ca., and Marysville, Wa. ...

Home Depot purchased a former HomeBase in Vacaville, Ca.; agreed to pay $37 million for the 8.5-acre Ke'eaumoku o'superblock" in Honolulu, Hi.; began construction of a 132,000-sq. ft. store in Oregon City, Or., for a Jaly 2O02 opening; had its petition to build in Eugene, Or., rejected by the city council; is considering sites in Burien, Wa., and selected sites in Orangevale, Woodland and Auburn, Ca.

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Ochoco Lumber is permanently closing its Prineville, Or., sawmill due to an inadequate supply of timber from public lands

Wi s c on s in - C alifo rni a Fore s t Products, Redding, Ca., was untouched by a brush fire that was extinguished within 100 yards of the business

Big Valley Lumber Co. permanently shuttered its Bieber, Ca., sawmill ...

Willamette Industries, Portland, Or., will build a lO-megawatt cogeneration gas turbine at its

Duraflake particleboard plant in Millersburg, Or. ...

M il gard Window s, Tacoma, Wa., has been acquiredby Masco Corp.

QB Corp., Salmon, Id., has expanded its production of glulams with increased capacity to produce curves and trusses to customer specifications

Tali-Pak, Hopland, Ca., received Forest Steward,ship Council chain-of-custody certification from Scientific Certification Systems ...

Canyon Creek Cabinet Co., Monroe. Wa.. received the Association of Washington Business award for environmental excellence...

Hy-Lite Product s, Beaumont, Ca., is partnering with Simonton Windows to sell its acrylic blocks in Simonton frames

Georgia- Pacific Corp. received Scientific Certification Sy stems certification for products from its 15 industrial wood product facilities

Konecny Brothers Lumber, Ogden, Ut., is now exclusive sales agent fot Intermountain Resources. Montrose. Co. ...

Willamette Industries' presented sales awards to Haff Lumber Co., Santa Fe Springs, Ca., as top Western Classic Glulam Distributor; Lamwood Systems, Denver, Co., WSl/Commercial Products Sales, and Inland Timber Co., Colton, Ca., E-Z Frame System Distributor can feel fully confident that the produc,t you're installing comes from a renewable,. long-lasting resource. r onofo@rld br Cofffnrrr""*t" Sidj*g

Anniversaries: McLendon Hardware, Renton, Wa., 75th ... 3-C Trucking, Long Beach, Ca., 23rd ... Waldron Forest Products, Fair Oaks, Ca,23rd ...

Housing starts in May (latest figs.) held steady at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of L622 mlllion single-family starts remained at 1.293 million; multifamily was at a rate of 300,000 for 5+ units ... building permits were at an annual pace of 1.621 million.

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