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| Tom The Great 2006-10-30, 1:25 pm |
| Hi everyone,
Just a set of dumb questions, since this seems like a simple solution.
I repaired a section of porch railing two years ago. It seems that a
spacing block (untreated/painted) left in after home construction
wicked water up(from poured concret pad) and rotted.
Today, I found a bubble in the paint and I touched it. It was hollow,
and as I pushed I went into the wood. It seems that section of porch
is exposed to a lot of rain, and dries out slowly. Now my question,
since I have to once again replace the decayed parts to prevent
further damage, will ordinary 'treated lumber' work well? Or should I
be looking for a special lumber highly rott resistant, if such a thing
exists?
Thank you,
tom
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| Pete C. 2006-10-30, 1:25 pm |
| Tom The Great wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Just a set of dumb questions, since this seems like a simple solution.
> I repaired a section of porch railing two years ago. It seems that a
> spacing block (untreated/painted) left in after home construction
> wicked water up(from poured concret pad) and rotted.
>
> Today, I found a bubble in the paint and I touched it. It was hollow,
> and as I pushed I went into the wood. It seems that section of porch
> is exposed to a lot of rain, and dries out slowly. Now my question,
> since I have to once again replace the decayed parts to prevent
> further damage, will ordinary 'treated lumber' work well? Or should I
> be looking for a special lumber highly rott resistant, if such a thing
> exists?
>
> Thank you,
>
> tom
The regular treated stuff (ACQ now) should last longer, but if you don't
want to mess with it again and don't mind spending a bit more there are
some nice PVC railing systems on the market. These are not the
plastic-wood composite deck items, but rather cellular PVC extruded over
galvanized steel components. No need to ever paint either.
Pete C.
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| barry@sme-online.com 2006-10-30, 1:25 pm |
|
Tom The Great wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Just a set of dumb questions, since this seems like a simple solution.
> I repaired a section of porch railing two years ago. It seems that a
> spacing block (untreated/painted) left in after home construction
> wicked water up(from poured concret pad) and rotted.
>
> Today, I found a bubble in the paint and I touched it. It was hollow,
> and as I pushed I went into the wood. It seems that section of porch
> is exposed to a lot of rain, and dries out slowly. Now my question,
> since I have to once again replace the decayed parts to prevent
> further damage, will ordinary 'treated lumber' work well? Or should I
> be looking for a special lumber highly rott resistant, if such a thing
> exists?
>
> Thank you,
>
> tom
BTDT. PT lumber may resist rot a bit longer than untreated, but not
much.
Worst case is lumber that's exposed to moisture and air, like with path
to wick moisture up into wood. Common solution is to isolate end-grain
of verticals from surface below and/or provide internal ventilation
paths.
You'll find some appropriate h/w at Homey's.
HTH,
J
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| Dan Espen 2006-10-30, 1:25 pm |
| Tom The Great <Post@here.com> writes:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Just a set of dumb questions, since this seems like a simple solution.
> I repaired a section of porch railing two years ago. It seems that a
> spacing block (untreated/painted) left in after home construction
> wicked water up(from poured concret pad) and rotted.
>
> Today, I found a bubble in the paint and I touched it. It was hollow,
> and as I pushed I went into the wood. It seems that section of porch
> is exposed to a lot of rain, and dries out slowly. Now my question,
> since I have to once again replace the decayed parts to prevent
> further damage, will ordinary 'treated lumber' work well? Or should I
> be looking for a special lumber highly rott resistant, if such a thing
> exists?
Here's a picture of "Permarail":
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/despe...k-railings.html
Looks like wood, lasts like vinyl.
Go here:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/despen/deck/deck.html
and scroll down to see my comments about it.
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| Rich Greenberg 2006-10-30, 8:25 pm |
| In article <v5fck252fd3g712oudbemoqhi4clkmhddt@4ax.com>,
Tom The Great <Post@here.com> wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>Just a set of dumb questions, since this seems like a simple solution.
>I repaired a section of porch railing two years ago. It seems that a
>spacing block (untreated/painted) left in after home construction
>wicked water up(from poured concret pad) and rotted.
>
>Today, I found a bubble in the paint and I touched it. It was hollow,
>and as I pushed I went into the wood. It seems that section of porch
>is exposed to a lot of rain, and dries out slowly. Now my question,
>since I have to once again replace the decayed parts to prevent
>further damage, will ordinary 'treated lumber' work well? Or should I
>be looking for a special lumber highly rott resistant, if such a thing
>exists?
Use plastic "lumber" such as trex.
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Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67
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