02-23-2006, 10:09 PM
Pam J., was your treated lumber the extertior (green colored) pressure treated, or just the Hi-bor treated lumber? Hi-Bor is not an exterior treatment. The little end taggy on our 4x4 states for "For use in above ground weather protected structural framing". This would exclude exterior decks that are not "weather protected". Some of the sales guys at HD will assure you that is OK, but it is not their deck that will rot. The manufacture (Osmosis) does not recommend Hi-bor for certain applications, that is why they manufacture & sell the exterior green stuff. The old pressure treating yard in Hilo used to manufacture the exterior stuff, but now it has to be shipped, and we have not found an east side lumber yard that is shipping it in. (possibly because people are not reading the micro print on the end taggy & believing the sales guy? Also I found out you should keep those taggies, or a reciept that proves manufacture, for warranty work...who in their right mind keeps those little taggies?) Man, the stuff you learn in a short time in Paradise!!!!
Aloha, Carey
Aloha, Carey