Posted on 11/17/2010 5:10:00 AM PST by TSgt
I've used the stuff for outdoor projects and never had any problems.
Life is hard, it's even harder when you are stupid.
Is it in all pressures treat deck planks?
These idiots actually COOKED over treated lumber? Darwin Award is right.
By the wording, there will now be a huge lawsuit against Big Lumber, to have CCA treated lumber banned in favor of some altrnative that doesn’t work. SSDD
These idiots actually COOKED over treated lumber? Darwin Award is right.
By the wording, there will now be a huge lawsuit against Big Lumber, to have CCA treated lumber banned in favor of some altrnative that doesn’t work. SSDD
I built a deck about 25 years ago with CCA. Some of the wood was freshly treated and pretty wet. I was cutting it in my garage with the door open, but even so, sometimes I’d feel a bit off.
I knew better to burn it. It belongs outside and on the bottom strip of your sill where there is contact with concrete. I knew better to burn it, and I thought everyone else did, too!
I mean “I knew better than to burn it.” The bad grammar is due to lack of coffee, rather than long ago CCA exposure, I hope.
Darn. Sorry about the double post. Not used to this new touchpad. I guess. Should have been harder to double click with a touch pad. In theory, anyway.
You mean the bench style dining room table that I built .. shouldn't have been built with it? 8)
Society has to try and protect every idiot, no matter how stupid they are. Why would you use treated lumber for studs? It costs more than non treated.
I never knew what the treatment in treated lumber was, but I did know that you never, ever burn the stuff in your fireplace, etc.
Maybe you shouldn't eat stuff off the planks?
If they were building today they would be cooking over Trex Decking - Darwin never waivers.
when I worked at Lowe’s all of the p.t. bins had warning signs about the use/mis-use of the lumber. Each stick of p.t. lumber had a warning tag from the mill. No associate was allowed to cut p.t. wood on the store saw for customers and the saw had a warning sign prominently displayed.
Something isn’t right here. If this guy built this himself, then he is not much of a carpenter/contractor. Anyone who works with lumber knows the deal with p.t. Plus he wasted a lot of money using p.t. for wall framing lumber as p.t. is more expensive.
Nearly all wood species must be treated to prevent insect infestation and rot. Creosote was banned and CCA came along. For a long time it was approved for nearly every use except food preparation.
So, ban wood preservatives; with what material may we build?
Not concrete; the “carbon footprint” is too high!
Steel? Ditto!
Adobe? Ah, yes! It is “earth toned”, natural, indigenous! Of course the runoff from your adobe pit will silt up our streams, so that is banned, too.
I know! CAVES! Voila, natural, earth friendly. Of course, there are only so many caves to go around. We’ll probably have to depopulate the planet.
/sarc
I built the substructure of a deck out of CCA (the stuff you come in daily contact with is done in redwood) back in ‘93, and knew better than to burn it, knew to wear a dust mask and long sleeves when cutting it, and so forth, too. But nobody’s born with that knowledge, you have to learn it from some source. For most do-it-yourselfers, the dangers of CCA were learned from the folks who sold them the wood the first time they used it.
I’m not sure whether this is constitutes a case for a Darwin Award or a case of slow-motion negligent homicide on the part of the staff of the lumberyard.
Any time you try to idiot proof anything they’ll build a better idiot.
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