01-23-2014, 07:51 AM
Argus did not have "ground contact" pressure treated green beams (4x14's) when we got our carport beam from them this month - we did look at shipping the beam from the mainland, but the shipping cost was more than 2x the beam & 2-4 months time...(& our contractor thinks this will do, but "ground contact" was his first choice - he is a FLWright restoration specialist...so..oh, we really don't know)...
We did not check on other sizes, but it seemed like they do not have it anymore...so we made a trough & soaked the green into our beam....it does say it is a 'ground contact treatment' preservative....not that our beam will (hopefully) touch ground, but the drywood termites do not need ground contact to munch away at our wood...so we treat for them!
Oh, we also top coated with a clear coat & will stain this beam after a bit (wanna make sure everything that should off-gas does) hopefully by summer we will have a totally insect resistant beam.... overkill? probably, but wait until you get a quote for a carport beam replacement...you will want to overkill the replacement too!
We did not check on other sizes, but it seemed like they do not have it anymore...so we made a trough & soaked the green into our beam....it does say it is a 'ground contact treatment' preservative....not that our beam will (hopefully) touch ground, but the drywood termites do not need ground contact to munch away at our wood...so we treat for them!
Oh, we also top coated with a clear coat & will stain this beam after a bit (wanna make sure everything that should off-gas does) hopefully by summer we will have a totally insect resistant beam.... overkill? probably, but wait until you get a quote for a carport beam replacement...you will want to overkill the replacement too!