On 11/11/2014 11:23, Cursitor Doom wrote:
This wood they sell as treated (got a sort of greenish tint to the
outside of it; slightly pinkish inside) - is it sort of like thoroughly
soaked in the preservative chemicals so it penetrates right the way
through or is it essentially just a superficial coating of just a few mms?

cheers,
cd.

The treated wood I buy from my local timber merchants (Stoke on Trent)
is pressure treated. I still have sound wood that has been out in the
garden for over 12 years, it looks just as you describe.