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Treated pine can be used in a diverse range of applications around the home.
Products available include but not limited to: structural timber, Posts, Lattice, Decking, Sleepers, building poles, handrails, balustrade and boards.
The hazard rating for treated pine is marked on the end tag that is fixed to the end of every board as require by Australian Standards.
Hazard Rating Definitions
| Hazard Rating
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Exposure
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Conditions
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Biological Hazard
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Uses
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| H1
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Inside above ground.
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Completely protected from wether and well-ventilated.
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Insects other than termites.
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Framing, flooring, furniture and interior joinery.
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| H2
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Inside Above Ground.
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Completely protected from the weather well-ventilated.
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Borers including termites.
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Framing, flooring, furniture and interior joinery
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| H3
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Outside, above ground applications.
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Subject periodic moderate wetting and leaching.
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Moderate decay, borers and termites.
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Weatherboard, fascia, decking, joists.
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| H4
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Outside, In Ground.
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Subject to severe wetting and leaching.
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Severe decay, borers and termites.
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Fencing, greenhouses, pergolas, landscaping.
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| H5
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Outside, In Ground, in contact with or in fresh water.
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Subject to extreme wetting and leaching and / or where the critical use requires a higher degree of protection.
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Very severe decay, borers, termites.
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Retaining walls, piling, house stumps, building poles, cooling towers fill.
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| H6
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Marine Water.
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Subject to prolonged immersion in sea water.
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Marine wood borers and decay.
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Boat hulls, marine piling, jetty cross bracing, landing steps.
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Energy Rating
Timber is the only truly renewable building material and treated pine comes from plantation forests. Trees absorb greenhouse gases during growth while releasing oxygen into the atmosphere and storing carbon as wood fibre. Timber also uses little energy to produce as compared to other building materials.
| Material
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Fossil Fuel Energy Used in Production (MJ/m3)
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Carbon Released (Kg/m3)
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Carbon Stored (Kg/m3)
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| Timber
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750
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15
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250
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| Steel
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266000
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5320
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0
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| Concrete
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4800
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120
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0
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| Aluminium
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1100000
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22000
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0
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