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How can I tell if old wood is pressure treated? Nate Nagel 01-28-2007
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Posted by Nate Nagel on January 28, 2007, 11:25 am


I just replaced the stair treads leading up to the deck behind my
house... I used PT wood for the new ones, but the old ones (installed
circa 1980, I am guessing) were so old, weathered, and in some places
rotten that I can't tell if they were ever PT or not. My question is
this; since I've got a whole trash barrel full of wood that I've removed
from the deck, if I can chop it up for firewood I will, but obviously I
wouldn't want to burn any PT wood in my wood stove.

Is there any easy way to tell, or should I just set it out for the trash
man and forget about it?

thanks,

nate

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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on January 28, 2007, 11:41 am



better safe than sorry dont burn cut into small pieces put in garbage
over time


Posted by mm on January 28, 2007, 10:17 pm


wrote:

>
>better safe than sorry dont burn cut into small pieces put in garbage
>over time

The country garbage people here are pretty liberal. They'll take
complete bathroom cabinets, and they took my metal 4 drawer file
cabinet. IOW, check with the neighbors wheter it is necessary to cut
it up, or better yet, call the county (anonymously). Your neighbors
might think things are prohibited that aren't. Or maybe they are
prohibited but the guys on my route don't care. Only once have I seen
them leave something behind -- I don't remember what it was.

Although I think construction waste is explicitly prohibited here, so
a little at a time is good advice.

If you do have to cut it up, where a mask of some sort so you don't
breathe the sawdust/arsenic dust.


Posted by Jack on January 28, 2007, 12:31 pm



>I just replaced the stair treads leading up to the deck behind my house...
>I used PT wood for the new ones, but the old ones (installed circa 1980, I
>am guessing) were so old, weathered, and in some places rotten that I can't
>tell if they were ever PT or not. My question is this; since I've got a
>whole trash barrel full of wood that I've removed from the deck, if I can
>chop it up for firewood I will, but obviously I wouldn't want to burn any
>PT wood in my wood stove.
>
> Is there any easy way to tell, or should I just set it out for the trash
> man and forget about it?
>
> thanks,
>
> nate
>
> --
> replace "fly" with "com" to reply.
> http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel

Crosscut the wood and look at the rings. If you see a green (or whatever
color was used) ring around the wood, its pressure treated. If you don't it
may or may not be.



Posted by LayPerson Tom on January 28, 2007, 1:05 pm


wrote:

>I just replaced the stair treads leading up to the deck behind my
>house... I used PT wood for the new ones, but the old ones (installed
>circa 1980, I am guessing) were so old, weathered, and in some places
>rotten that I can't tell if they were ever PT or not. My question is
>this; since I've got a whole trash barrel full of wood that I've removed
>from the deck, if I can chop it up for firewood I will, but obviously I
>wouldn't want to burn any PT wood in my wood stove.
>
>Is there any easy way to tell, or should I just set it out for the trash
>man and forget about it?
>
>thanks,
>
>nate


IMHO, I would never bring in wood I even thought was 'sick'. This
could release pests, molds, and spores into my home.

Just a precaution....

tom @ www.Consolidated-Loans.info





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