08-17-2013, 08:57 AM
Coming from IL, we were used to going to the lumber (or big box) & picking up green treated boards - ACQ or CBA dimensional lumber (even could get decking with the added pressure treatment of water preservative, boy that was nice to use...but is not here!).... However, HiBor is the treated wood you will find in most dimensional treated wood (due to environmental, not building regs.) as was covered in this thread:
http://punaweb.org/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16870
"The big problem with the ACQ & CBA wood here is that it is very hard to find here...just the (HiBor) borate/boric acid (highly water permeable) is readily available...have even heard of people shipping a container of the copper treated wood here so they can build with it... It is not something you can just run into the hardware store (or big box) & purchase copper treated dimensional lumber..."
So you are not talking just the additional money, but the buying mainland & shipping here hassle & expense...
http://punaweb.org/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16870
"The big problem with the ACQ & CBA wood here is that it is very hard to find here...just the (HiBor) borate/boric acid (highly water permeable) is readily available...have even heard of people shipping a container of the copper treated wood here so they can build with it... It is not something you can just run into the hardware store (or big box) & purchase copper treated dimensional lumber..."
So you are not talking just the additional money, but the buying mainland & shipping here hassle & expense...