Non Arsenic Based Preservative Available
With the upgrade of the Company's treatment facility in 2005 we are now in a position to offer two treatment preservatives.
Lifewood CCA
The traditional CCA which is used widely in all areas including:
- Agricultural Farm Posts
- Vineyard Trellis
- Landscaping Material
- Sawn & Dressed Timber
- F7 Structural Timber
- Poles used for Sheds, Piles, Retaining Walls
Naturewood ACQ
The new preservative we offer, ACQ is able to be used in the more environmently sensitive areas. The APVMA which is the Government Agency that controls the use of timber treatment in Australia has ruled that from March 2006 alternative chemicals which are arsenate and chromium free are to be used in the following areas:
- Playground Equipment
- Domestic Decking
- Cubby Houses
- Garden & Picnic Furniture
- Handrail
ACQ (Alkaline Copper Quaternary) offers a similiar degree of protection against decay, fungi, termites and wood borers as the traditional more widley used CCA.
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