Timber Garden Structures
Ideal for creating practical outdoor spaces, timber decking provides an excellent garden landscaping option when it is correctly specified, designed, installed, and maintained.
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Installing Preservative Treated Timber Fence Posts
The information in this Guidance Note applies to both ROUND and SQUARE sawn softwood posts, pre-treated with a preservative for fencing applications.
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Garden Products
Garden products have soared in popularity in recent years, as Brits look to make the most of their outside spaces and the warmer spring and summer weather.
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Use Class 4 treated timber: specifying, buying and installing
Preservative treatment provides wood with added durability (against decay and insect attack). But, it’s a mistake to assume that all treated wood is the same. The level of preservative protection required depends on where it is to be used.
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Understanding Use Class 4 (UC4)
Consumer and contract law require that any product offered for sale must be fit for its intended use and a wood product impregnated with preservative is no exception. The minimum standards for the treatment of wood are set out in British Standard BS8417 (Preservation of Wood: Code of Practice). In...
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