Tabernacle Playgrounds Transformed

[james ungehajer]

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-02042008-1482223.html

Being in the past in the Chemical Industry that i worked in for 32 years, it is unbelievable the Chemical they used to treat the wood.

Jim

 

[woodjin]

I live somewhat near that Tabernacle playground. I will be bringing my little guy there in the spring. Good to know it is safe now. I am going to have deck built off of my house. I have been debating treated lumber or that plastic stuff. Should I be concerned about health concerns with treated lumber or is that chemical no longer used?

Jeff

 

[bobpbx]

I live somewhat near that Tabernacle playground. I will be bringing my little guy there in the spring. Good to know it is safe now. I am going to have deck built off of my house. I have been debating treated lumber or that plastic stuff. Should I be concerned about health concerns with treated lumber or is that chemical no longer used?

Jeff

Jeff, I built my 3 decks with treated wood. I stain them well, so no worries there mate. I built them in the early 90's, which means I was at that odd time when plastic mixture stuff was just coming out, so I did not trust it at all. I saw some park benches and picnic tables flake into a congealed mess due to the sun.

With that said, and feeling the pain of stain maintenence, look for something with other materials that has a great guarantee and zero maintenence other than a power wash.

 

[MarkBNJ]

I live somewhat near that Tabernacle playground. I will be bringing my little guy there in the spring. Good to know it is safe now. I am going to have deck built off of my house. I have been debating treated lumber or that plastic stuff. Should I be concerned about health concerns with treated lumber or is that chemical no longer used?

Jeff

Treated lumber uses less caustic materials than a few years ago, but it still contains... I think... arsenic and some other goodies. I'm not one who worried much about the health affects, but I wouldn't burn it and stand in the smoke for a couple of hours.

I rebuilt our 16 x 50 deck three or four years ago. Went through a whole eval of the available materials, from fake and pressure-treated through red cedar and Ipe.

I ended up going with red cedar, and I like the look, but it's still a lot of work to keep it clean and maintain it. In fact I need to refinish it this coming spring. The fake stuff has gotten a lot better, but I still don't like the way it ages. Ipe is the win, if you have the tools to work it, or have a contractor with experience working it.