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ou can't blame them for trying. First they told you Douglas fr could be sufnciently protected by "treating to refusal." Then they tried to convince you that high-density incising would help.The fact is that efforts to protect Douglas fu lumber with any CCA pressure heatment practice generally proves unsuccessful. The evidence is not just visual. Unfomrnately, there have beeninstances of structural failure.* So local and state buildin's officials areon the lookout for insufficiently treated Douglas fir lumber resulthg from misinterpretations of the AWPA standards.
Wise specifiers and buyers know the answer. It's Chemonite - the only waterbome pressuretreatment available topenetrate Douglas fu upto 2.50# pcf to assure structural integrity and compliance with all AWPA standards.