*ARCHIVE* - Booklet for Builders on Timber Treatment

During August the BIA and Standards New Zealand jointly published a new booklet specifically for builders. It is designed as a quick guide to the use of treated radiata pine and Douglas fir in buildings where buildings have been designed to the provisions of NZS 3602: 2003 (cited in B2/AS1).

The booklet is called Timber Treatment Requirements: Notes for Builders. It helps builders use the right level of treated timber in the right place and summarises NZS 3602: 2003 Timber and Wood-based Products for Use in Building.

This summary includes how to identify timber treatments and which type of treated timber needs to be used where. Eight new diagrams show examples of treated timber in houses. There is also important information on the safe handling of treated timber.

Timber Treatment Requirements: Notes for Builders [PDF 1.3MB] is being distributed through building supply retailers and is also available direct from the BIA in hard copy.