The Wood Preservation Industry
Europe's wood preserving industry supplies around 6.5 million m3 of pressure treated wood per year for woodworking, construction, landscaping, leisure ... Read More
Why protect softwood timbers?
{:en} The Beauty of Wood Wood is our most valuable natural material. It has a built-in beauty and warmth, with ... Read More
The benefits of pre treatment
{:en}As well as the obvious benefits of improving the value and performance of preservative treated timbers, controlled industrially applied pre-treatments ... Read More
EN Standards
{:en} Setting the standard Preservation Within Europe there are recognised industry standards relating to the preservative protection of timber. Some ... Read More
Risk and consequences of failure
{:en}CONSEQUENCES OF TIMBER FAILURE Should construction, landscaping, garden or engineering timbers fail due to decay or insect attack there are ... Read More
Preservative types and processes
{:en} PRODUCT TYPES AND TREATMENT PROCESSES Preservation High Pressure Treatments These new generation products have now been in use for ... Read More
How to specify
{:en}HOW TO SPECIFY TREATED TIMBERS Preservation Some softwoods species are more naturally durable than others and in some situations a ... Read More
Re-use, recycling and disposal
{:en}Re-use, Recycling and Disposal of Treated Timbers In Europe all end-of-service life materials are subject to a range of complex ... Read More
Questions and Answers
1. What is vacuum pressure impregnated wood? Vacuum pressure impregnated wood is wood that, through the application of a preservative, ... Read More