[Greenbuilding] Glass Houses and the FSC - now green alternatives to PT stair stringers

[Tim Keating]

I know this is from a ways back, but I sure hope the suggestion to 
use heart cedar or redwood wasn't heeded. Of course, old growth cedar 
and redwood logging are major problems.

tim keating

At 4:37 PM -0700 9/13/06, susannah wrote:
>At 11:50 AM 9/13/2006, dantonioli at earthlink.net wrote:
>
>>Today I'll buy some pressure treated 2x12 for stair stringers. It won't be
>>certified. The staircase has to be rebuilt. Any realistic suggestions for
>>green alternatives?
>
>Would it suit your site to use heart cedar or redwood, raised above
>grade a few inches by concrete (poured or block, as appropriate), and
>with a post set-up or some site-built equivalent to keep moisture
>from wicking between concrete and wood?  How long is the stair?  A
>few steps or a full flight?  Any protection from the weather (e.g.
>roof, sidewalls)?  Are the treads going to be saturated (e.g.
>concrete, no roof, wet climate) and if so can you put metal or at
>least felt to seperate them from the stringers?  Cedar & redwood meet
>code as subs for PT without any other adjustments -- the other
>suggestions are because you obviously care about building well :).
>
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