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:

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:

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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