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From: lef@nlm-vax.ARPA (Larry Fitzpatrick)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: Treated timbers
Message-ID: <161@nlm-vax.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 19:47:02 EST
Article-I.D.: nlm-vax.161
Posted: Thu Mar 14 19:47:02 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 17-Mar-85 01:42:39 EST
References: <302@ttidcb.UUCP>
Reply-To: lef@<302@ttidcb.UUCP>.UUCP (Larry Fitzpatrick)
Organization: NLM/LHNCBC, Bethesda, Md.
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Summary: 

In article <ttidcb.302> bellas@ttidcb.UUCP (Pete Bellas) writes:
>..., what	should
>they be	treated	with to	prevent	rotting?

You can buy pressure treated lumber at virually any lumber store.
It, supposedly, will last up to 40 years buried in the ground (most
likely longer if out of ground). Warning: not meant for interior use.

>...  Will this treating be damaged when
>	I drag the shed	to it's new location?
No, the pressure treating causes the chemical to penetrate deeply
into the wood.


-fitz
lef@nlm