Weather Shield Presure Treated Lumber????

Toolfan66

Anybody use this wood for a deck or anything outside?? any problems with it??
I just built the frame work for my deck that Home Depot sold me, I decided to goggle it tonight and am getting mixed thoughts as I just spent a week busting my **** on this.

I am using trex decking on top of it..

VR3

How about you go bust your **** reading the dictionary so you can spell. After that go crack open a English textbook so you can present yourself like the "smart" individual you are portraying yourself to be.

Thanks.

Gadabout

No issues with it. I generally don't use the stuff raw in the ground (personal preference). If it's in the ground, I dig post holes and fill it with cement and taper the top so water doesn't sit at the post. Generally on a deck I use cement piers and put 4x4 anchors in the top of them. You wouldn't need to do that, per se, it's just something I do.

Most folks that I know, use this for their decks. The foundation for my shed and deck plus the decking this wood was used. I used Dek-Block this last time so no holes were dug and all the wood is above ground. I helped a friend last year redo a retaining wall made out of pressure treated wood. The wall was 15 years old and still doing it's job. A few of the pieces of wood were starting to show some rot and he wanted to rework the wall before he had any failure issues. A retaining wall is what I would consider worse case usage. Of course here in Northern Texas, things get a chance to dry out.

This type of wood will last for years providing that it has a chance to dry out after rain, there is no pooling of water at the posts and has some air circulation under the deck. In your application it shouldn't give you any issues. If your worried about it's long time durability, wait till next summer (after the wood has dried) and spray or roll some exterior fence stain on all the exposed wood underneath.

Scott

Toolfan66

Thanks Scott!!! What I wanted to hear!!

Gadabout wrote: »

No issues with it. I generally don't use the stuff raw in the ground (personal preference). If it's in the ground, I dig post holes and fill it with cement and taper the top so water doesn't sit at the post. Generally on a deck I use cement piers and put 4x4 anchors in the top of them. You wouldn't need to do that, per se, it's just something I do.

Most folks that I know, use this for their decks. The foundation for my shed and deck plus the decking this wood was used. I used Dek-Block this last time so no holes were dug and all the wood is above ground. I helped a friend last year redo a retaining wall made out of pressure treated wood. The wall was 15 years old and still doing it's job. A few of the pieces of wood were starting to show some rot and he wanted to rework the wall before he had any failure issues. A retaining wall is what I would consider worse case usage. Of course here in Northern Texas, things get a chance to dry out.

This type of wood will last for years providing that it has a chance to dry out after rain, there is no pooling of water at the posts and has some air circulation under the deck. In your application it shouldn't give you any issues. If your worried about it's long time durability, wait till next summer (after the wood has dried) and spray or roll some exterior fence stain on all the exposed wood underneath.

Scott

cnh

So was the issue the 'failure' rate as opposed to other PT woods? Or is it also a pricing difference? Or both? Just curious.

I need to replace the bottom pieces of my garage-mudroom which are constructed of some kind of Resin boards that are rotting. Lots of carpenter ants around!

The rest of the house is Aluminum clad so no problems there. But the garage was an attachment done in the late 70s (I think). My thoughts were just to scrape down the sides which are still in good shape and paint. Then replace/rebuild the bottom with the COMPOSITE board you're using for you top surface. I figure it will be the LAST time I have to fuss with this. I'll be using some 'help' to do this because I'm not the handyman you are. lol

cnh

Rivrrat

Back to the topic....I've used HD's pressure treated lumber on a couple of decks and a fence without any problems other than it tends to twist a bit more than I'd like.

amulford

As long as you are careful to build it so the wood is able to dry, you'll be ok. It's a little pricier than other wood. It does twist more than some others, but thats because it's new growth.

You will need to care for it to keep up the good looks. If it does start to twist up too much, there ain't much your going to be able to do with it other than replace it.

Ron-P

As have I, used it plenty and have yet to have any issues with it.