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Old 05-20-2022, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC View Post
[SIZE="1"]Interesting document but one question.

If heartwood is so good why is it not more commonly used for outdoor structures?

When I rebuilt an outdoor stair rail in our old home used pressure treated lumber and 25 years later it was still intact.

If heartwood is so great why did it fail so quickly?[
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You need to educate yourself on treated lumber of today, not 20 years ago. It's changed.

Bonifay, Belle, Evans bridges made out of treated wood are being replaced.....same vintage as Brownwood.
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