[Greenbuilding] Alternatives to Pressure Treated Wood

[Speireag Alden]

Sgrìobh Don Eyermann:

>Could the new synthetic "wood" decking be cut into strips and tapered like
>you've outlined?. Will that work for your application?...I almost feel like;
>"Certainly he's tried that...maybe his saw blade gets a build up?" I have
>not personally ripped any of those synthetic deck "boards". I've cross cut
>them to shorter lengths, with a power saw, with no problem, on a small
>scale, but that's it for me.

     I've ripped Trex, but not a lot, because it was a small job.  It 
has no particular grain, and it ripped fine, with no build-up on the 
saw, but then, there wasn't a lot.

     You have to sweep up carefully, because it's not as though it's 
biodegradable.  Of course, the same is true for pressure-treated wood.

-Speireag.

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