06 0570 - Wood Treatment

(typically factory-applied systems for fungus, fire and termites)

Hoover Treated Wood Products
Hoover Treated Wood Products offers lumber and plywood treated with either Pyro-Guard ® interior or Exterior Fire-X® outdoor-exposed fire retardant. Both products are pressure treated and kiln dried under third party monitoring, and bear the Underwriters Laboratories classification mark. Hoover also offers a full line of preservative treatments for commercial, home and FDA applications.

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See also:
09 9640 - Fire-Retardant Coatings - for field-applied coatings
31 3100 - Soil Treatment - for termite treatments to soil

Accsys Group - Accoya wood has been thoroughly tested for dimensional stability, durability, paint retention and in-ground conditions.
Allweather Wood
Arxada - Wolmanized Wood
Cambia by NFP - Cambia thermal modification process uses high heat to improve the durability of the wood and dimensional stability.
Chemco - SaferWood
Culpeper Wood Preservers
Flame Safe Chemical Corp.
Great Southern Wood Preserving - YellaWood pressure treated pine

Koppers Performance Chemicals
LP Building Products - LP FlameBlock
Nisus Corporation
U.S. Borax
Viance - Viance pressure-impregnated wood treatment solutions are AWPA standardized and 3rd Party Inspected.

Related Associations and Reference Organizations

Underwriters Laboratories ( UL )