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TPAA members produce
fit-for-purpose treated commodities, using modern, environmentally
responsible treatment plants. The plants are designed and operated
under strict guidelines and conform with Australian Standards
requirements. In addition, many operate to ISO 9000 quality
procedures.
The commodities include timber for both residential and commercial
construction where durability is an essential characteristic to ensure
adequate service life performance. Regrowth, native forest, and
plantation timbers are treated with appropriate preservatives to do
the job.
Copper Chrome Arsenate (CCA)
CCA preservatives are used to protect timber
from all types of biological deterioration, including insects,
termites, decay, and marine borers. CCA treated timber is
very widely used and can be seen in fencing, patios,
landscaping, poles and posts (particularly in vineyards
and the like) and marinas.
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Creosote / Pigment
Emulsified Creosote (PEC)
Creosote and PEC are both heavy duty oil-borne preservatives used to
protect such commodities as poles, sleepers, marine piles, against
decay, insect and borer attack.
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Light Organic Solvent
Preservative (LOSP)
LOSPs are used to protect relatively high cost commodities such
as joinery in above ground use only. They may contain fungicides,
insecticides and water repellent chemicals (not necessarily all at
once).
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Remedial Preservatives
These
products are generally applied to exposed timber that results
from cutting, drilling or machining timber on site. They provide
some measure of protection against decay, termites, and water
ingress. In addition, this group of preservatives also contains
products for the home-handyman and for commercial application
by, for example, the utility companies, to poles for application
to remedy in situ decay and insect attack.
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Boron
This chemical is used primarily in Australia to
protect timber, such as house frames, against wood-boring
insects and termites (south of the Tropic of Capricorn). It is
particularly effective against the powder post beetle that
attacks some starch rich hardwoods, and the furniture beetle
that can occur mainly in softwoods.
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ACQ
ACQ is an alternative form of water-borne
treatment used to protect outdoor timber structures from fungal decay
and insect attack. It can be seen in a variety of applications,
including decking, gazebos, fencing, outdoor furniture, trellis and
playground equipment.
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Tanalised E
Tanalith E is a copper based water-borne
preservative which provides protection against most decay types and
termites. It also provides protection against copper tolerant
organisms such as brown rot fungi.
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