Hi all,
I'm building some decking in my garden at the moment and I think I may have made a bit of a school boy error. I'm normally very fastidious when it comes to details but not in this case.
Basically I had (wrongly) assumed if timber was pressure treated then it was automatically suitable for outdoor use and I never bothered to look into this in greater detail.
I purchased timber for the joists described as being Structurally graded C24 and Pressure preservative treated with Tanalith E. As I mentioned I assumed this meant it was suitable for external use.
Upon further reading I have discovered that pressure treated timber is graded for different uses, and I have a horrible feeling the timber I have purchased is more for use in things like lofts where it may come into occasional contact with water, but not to the extent that an outdoor deck would.
So my question is this, do I rip it out and start again? The wood cost about £300 and a day and a half of my time so far.
Or do I stick with what I have and treat the wood with something else to make it last longer? Any suggestions as to what?
....Or as the wood is treated to an extent already, am I overreacting?
I'm building some decking in my garden at the moment and I think I may have made a bit of a school boy error. I'm normally very fastidious when it comes to details but not in this case.
Basically I had (wrongly) assumed if timber was pressure treated then it was automatically suitable for outdoor use and I never bothered to look into this in greater detail.
I purchased timber for the joists described as being Structurally graded C24 and Pressure preservative treated with Tanalith E. As I mentioned I assumed this meant it was suitable for external use.
Upon further reading I have discovered that pressure treated timber is graded for different uses, and I have a horrible feeling the timber I have purchased is more for use in things like lofts where it may come into occasional contact with water, but not to the extent that an outdoor deck would.
So my question is this, do I rip it out and start again? The wood cost about £300 and a day and a half of my time so far.
Or do I stick with what I have and treat the wood with something else to make it last longer? Any suggestions as to what?
....Or as the wood is treated to an extent already, am I overreacting?