On Mon 29 Dec 2008 04:37:30a, WhiteTea told us...

On Dec 28, 3:05 pm, Red wrote:
Two years ago I had more firewood than would fit under my shed so I
bought 2 PT 4x4x8's from Lowes, laid them on the ground, stacked the
firewood on them, and covered the wood with a tarp. I just used the
last of the wood (all good BTW) and went to move the 4x4's. They were
eaten up and rotted from the ground side up. Termite tunnels were
readily apparent.
Two years on the ground, not in it, and they were completely useless!
They still had the tags stapled on the ends so the staples didn't even
have time to rust off. I knew it wouldn't last as long as the old PT
lumber, but not even 2 years??

Red

Thanks for the info. I have some PT wood left over from a fence job
that I have on my patio.

I will move them since they may be a "termite attractant."

Andy


That seems odd. Are there different types of pressure treated wood? Some
years ago we had a raised bed built surrounding a patio using pressure
treated 6x6's laid directly on the ground, stacked to create the depth,
then filled with soil and planted. In 8 years of living there we never had
any deterioration. The only change was a darkening of the wood.

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