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!
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.
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
Any time you try to idiot proof anything they’ll build a better idiot.
SAVE US BIG GOBERMENT!!! HELP US, THE DECK is ..... ALIVE!!!!
They sawed the stuff inside and cooked over it!
Did a building inspector look at the framing?
I’m 71, used pressure treated wood for years, raised 5 children around it and never saw any such thing. You could buy it at any lumber yard. I think there’s something hinky about this article. This guys property wasn’t threatened by the rising ocean too, was it?
I have told a few people through the years not to make picnic table tops using CCA lumber. Also if one does burn CCA wood,not only the smoke but the ashes are toxic.
I would hate to see a house framed with that stuff. It is sold green, and shrinks and curls when it dries.
Ignorance isn’t the same as stupidity.
After all, the guy called and asked about it (supposedly). He was told, “it’s safe,” not “it’s safe as long as you don’t saw it inside your house, you don’t burn it, you don’t put it anywhere it might leech and contaminate anyting...”
I think it should be left on the market, but I think it should have labels explaining what CCA means, and detailing what are safe and unsafe uses, and I think each piece of lumber sold should have some indicator that the wood has been treated with CCA, so decades from now, when whatever was once built with CCA is weathered splinters, someone will still know what it once was. And if the thought of a small CCA brand every foot along the underside of a board is too disquieting for a builder, maybe that builder shouldn’t be using CCA.
Any retard knows you do not burn it or eat it. It is perfectly safe for use within the home, unless the home is on fire; then you have bigger problems than hanging out sniffing fumes as you may slowly roast.
Same as raw cedar and kimbara, it has stuff that will make you sick if you burn it under your chicken wings.
That is the selling point, it kills termites and saves millions of cedar and redwood trees from being hacked up and turned into decking. Most PT comes from southern Yellow pine, a tree more abundant and structurally stronger than the cedars and reds we all love to look at.
geez I hate being right! When I first learned thet they used arsenic in treated wood, I predicted this. and it’s gonna get worse before it gets better - before too long they won’t let you send treated wood to the dump - it’ll have to be treated as hazardous waste.
This article is BS .....
From http://www.strongtie.com/productuse/PTWoodFAQs.html
Tell me a little about CCA.
Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) has been used successfully for a number of decades for pressure treating wood. Several types of CCA have been used, however, CCA-C (type C) has been the predominant preservative used for wood likely to come in contact with the products Simpson manufactures.
Why was the use of CCA discontinued for residential and general consumer use?
In recent years pressure treated wood received negative publicity mainly focused on the use of arsenic in CCA. The increasing pressure to eliminate the use of CCA resulted in the treated wood products industry voluntarily transitioning from CCA to alternative preservative systems.
CCA is no longer being produced for residential or general consumer use.
What products are still manufactured using CCA?
CCA treated wood products are still produced for use in some industrial, highway, and agricultural applications. These uses will include wood used as poles, piles, guardrail posts, and wood used in saltwater marine exposures.
What products took the place of CCA-C?
A number of alternative preservatives are available. These include ACQ-C (Alkaline Copper Quat Type C), ACQ-D Carbonate (Alkaline Copper Quat Type D, Carbonate formulation), CBA-A and CA-B (Copper Azole Types A and B), as well as SBX/DOT (Sodium Borate) and Zinc Borate preservatives. As mentioned earlier, each preservative usually has a number of variations available so care should be exercised when specifying treated wood.
It is expected that the formulations used in these products will continue to undergo periodic modifications so once again, care should be exercised when specifying any treated wood.