[Greenbuilding] Alternatives to Pressure Treated Wood

[Tim Vireo Keating]

But beware of using any wood from old growth tropical forests, 
certified or not. The science is in: it's not sustainable, period.

tim keating

At 6:28 PM -0700 10/8/07, Kirsten A Flynn wrote:
>I saw this product at a trade show, Dwell on Design.  They are piers 
>that can be individually leveled to support a deck.  They say they 
>can be used for wood tile, stone paver, or joist and plank.  They 
>were called "Level it" Web site - www.bisondecksupports.com
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>I know the wood tiles are available in FSC certified wood from: 
>Earthsource forest products.
>another vendor is The Decking Outlet
>
>Kirsten A Flynn
>Sustainable Home
>www.sustainablehome.com
>650-855-9476
>
>
>
>
>On Oct 8, 2007, at 8:56 AM, <dantonioli at earthlink.net> 
><dantonioli at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>  I'm considering a roofdeck project where I'll have to use a lot of 
>>  pressure
>>  treated wood as "sleepers." The surface is uneven and there's only 
>>  a few
>>  inches of clearance between the bottom of the deck boards and the
>>  roofdeck....which means a lot of long rips through pressure treated 
>>  wood,
>>  and a lot of copper green over all of the exposed untreated 
>>  surfaces. The
>>  last time I built a deck this way I told myself that I wouldn't do 
>>  it again
>>  because working with PT this way is unhealthy--there's a ton of pt 
>>  dust, too
>>  much copper green, and I can feel the physical effects and it 
>>  sucks. I'm
>>  most likely going to turn the job down but thought I'd look into 
>>  options.
>>
>>  The question is: is there a rot resitant, structurally sound 
>>  material that
>>  can be cut and tapered? FSC wood? Exciting new composition lumber?
>>
>>  Dan Antonioli
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