18-05-2016, 03:55 PM
Just to add to my previous post, plywood made with some of the modern glues can be pressure treated, some might or might not find that useful.
As a test, obtain an off cut of low grade plywood such as shuttering ply and if you can, find some solvent based wood preserver or even the newer substitute stuff (still smells like solvent but less so) and brush it on, It'll suck it up, almost instantly in most cases, I did the flooring sheets in the new cabin down the woods before I laid and fixed them down, that was shuttering ply and Ronseal wood preserver (the newer stuff) Four 8ft x 4ft sheets took most of a 5 litre can giving them two coats all round.
I did the same in the original cabin, that stood for 15 years before it was destroyed, unheated unless we happened to be staying there, no woodworm, and that's at a location where there is lots of dead/decaying trees around.
Lawrence.
As a test, obtain an off cut of low grade plywood such as shuttering ply and if you can, find some solvent based wood preserver or even the newer substitute stuff (still smells like solvent but less so) and brush it on, It'll suck it up, almost instantly in most cases, I did the flooring sheets in the new cabin down the woods before I laid and fixed them down, that was shuttering ply and Ronseal wood preserver (the newer stuff) Four 8ft x 4ft sheets took most of a 5 litre can giving them two coats all round.
I did the same in the original cabin, that stood for 15 years before it was destroyed, unheated unless we happened to be staying there, no woodworm, and that's at a location where there is lots of dead/decaying trees around.
Lawrence.
