Guest guest Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Aren't those treated woods only supposed to be used when you have to put wood into or onto the ground? I read somewhere that they are toxic and should not be used except in the foundation/slab/whatever interface.. the places where termites, etc. and mold is not just a health danger but also a structural danger. In other words, places that are likely to need something like that and where its use isn't avoidable.. (if you build with wood..) And then those areas should be covered up so they don't come into direct contact with humans... who could absorb the arsenic, etc. through their skin. I guess what I am getting at is that they should not be used as a crutch.. that it would be FAR better and healthier to use plain wood AND do whatever it takes to keep those areas DRY... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Yes, treated wood was illegalized for the construction of the home, but it isn't the wood, it is the chemical. The old treated lumber which was treated for preservation against both mold and termites was different. This is a new one, and it sounds real official, they use DOT wood preservative on the wood instead of arscenic. While DOT may sound like a government approved item, what it really means is: Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate, which in laymens terms is an incencticide. Is it safe? I don't know, but it is legal and is currently used in many states. The problem is, they don't do critical testing anymore, they release things today and a decade from now they realize that something that kills mold and insect.... guess what... it kills people too... Personally, while this helps promote the reality of mold illness, by coming out with materials like this helps to build the believability that a mold issue really does exist. On the other side of the coin you have a company that is seeing the popular issue of the day and making a profit from it, so are they sincere in wanting to improve te quality of life or are they, like so many others, sincere about increase their bottom line next year? I know I wouldn't buy it, I still think the hollow wall is the problem, and trying to cover up on problem by adding another problem to it doesn't seem to be the most prudent of choices, your solution could be worse than the poison your preventing. Don't know what the results will be, but Bluwood out there, Dan Dan & Carmella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 I've often thought that perhaps the best way to uild would be some method that simply made everything easy to get to and inspect periodicallly. Then you could open walls up to make sure things were okay, say twice a year... and if they weren't, replace things without too much fuss.. On the houses they build now, thats impossible. Borate sounds like it *might* be some variant of boric acid, which might not be so toxic to humans.. BUT I dont know.. On 7/30/07, Dan & Carmella <moldstory@...> wrote: > > Yes, treated wood was illegalized for the construction of the home, but > it isn't the wood, it is the chemical. The old treated lumber which was > treated for preservation against both mold and termites was different. This > is a new one, and it sounds real official, they use DOT wood preservative on > the > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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