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coated fasteners should conform to ASTM
3. Drill pilot holes
Safety Dispatch
Standard A153 and hot-dipped galvanized
Especially when nailing near the edge or
coated connectors should conform to
end of a board,it s a good idea to drill pilot
Build Safely with
ASTM Standard A653 (Class G-185).In
holes for your fasteners.
Pressure Treated Wood
demanding applications,such as treated
4. Butt boards tightly
Whether you re building a new planter
wood foundations and playground equip-
Butt decking boards together firmly. As
or replacing your deck,Georgia-Pacific
ment,use of stainless steel fasteners and
drying occurs,some shrinkage can be
pressure treated wood is the high
connectors should be utilized and may be
expected.
performance decking choice.The projects
required by building codes.
you build with Georgia-Pacific pressure
Electroplated galvanized fasteners
5. Apply a weather resistant finish.
treated wood products should last a long
are not recognized as being corrosion
Any exposed wood,pressure treated or
time.So,it makes good sense to build in a
resistant for exterior applications.
not,should be protected from the weather.
craftsman-like manner.Here are some helpful
Aluminum should not be used in
Application of a finish coat of clear or
tips to make your job easier and look better.
direct contact with ACQ treated wood.
semi-transparent water-repellent stain
will help to minimize warping, checking
1. Recommended Fasteners
2. Nail bark side up
or splitting. The finish coat should be
Use only hot-dipped galvanized or stainless
Always nail boards bark side up (annual
applied immediately to untreated wood
steel fasteners,connectors and hardware
rings arc upward) to reduce cupping.
and to pressure treated wood as soon as
to help safeguard the structural integrity
Nail thin boards to thicker boards to help
the surface is dry.
of projects built with ACQ treated wood.
maintain structural integrity.
As a minimum requirement for use with
ACQ treated wood,hot-dipped galvanized
" Appropriate eye protection should
Use Site Precautions
Safety First
be worn to reduce the potential for
ACQ treated wood may be used both inside
eye injury from wood dust or particles
Pressure treated wood is easy
residences (should be clean and free of
and flying debris during machining
to work with. The following
surface residues) and outdoors. However, it
and construction.
simple safety procedures are
should not be used in or on sites where it
" After working with pressure treated
recommended.
could come into contact with food, animal
wood,thoroughly wash your hands
feed or drinking water.
" Do not burn treated wood. Toxic
and exposed areas thoroughly with
materials may be produced as part
Examples of such sites are as follows:
mild soap and water before eating,
of the smoke or ashes.
drinking or using tobacco products. 1. Structures for storage or handling animal
" Clean up scraps and sawdust after
feed, (grain, silage, etc.) such as silos, feed
" Because preservatives or sawdust
construction and dispose by
troughs or bunks.
may accumulate on clothes,they
ordinary trash collection.
should be laundered before reuse. 2. Use as kitchen countertops or cutting boards.
" Gloves should be worn to protect
Wash work clothes separately from
3. Use in construction of those portions of
against splinters and abrasions.
other clothing or household items
beehives which may come into contact with
with which you may have contact.
" A dust mask should be worn when
the honey.
sawing,machining or sanding any
" Treated wood should not be used
4. Structures that would be in direct or
wood to reduce the inhalation of
where it may come into direct or
indirect contact with drinking water, except
wood dust.Whenever possible these
indirect contact with drinking water,
for uses involving incidental contact such
operations should be performed
except for uses involving incidental
as residential fresh water docks and
outdoors to avoid indoor accumula-
contact such as fresh water docks
bridges. ACQ treated lumber should not be
tions of airborne sawdust from
and bridges.
used in salt-water immersion applications.
treated wood.
5. Do not use ACQ treated lumber residues,
such as sawdust and shavings, as mulch.
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Building Products
55 Park Place, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303
1-800 BUILD GP
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