Renovating the interior wall and as usual this does not involve full-scale plastering and painting, but in this case the removal of everything down to the wind barrier, new insulation, as well as new electrical + more insulation in the installation layer.

I see that the sill is clearly greenish. There is a lovely constructed frame on an uninsulated concrete slab. The house was built in '58.

The question is whether my sill is pressure-treated or if the green color comes from something else,

A green-tinted wooden sill on an uninsulated concrete slab from a house built in 1958, showing layers of construction with insulation and electrical upgrades.
Renovation of an inner wall showing insulation, wooden beams, and a green-tinted base plate on a concrete slab. Question about green-treated wood.
 
It is likely to be pressed, though it is very dry and fine. It is when they are moist that they start to smell.
 
Or it is ordinary wood that is treated with the now banned Creosote Cuprinol or perhaps Copperol.
 
It is dry and nice, yes. Some stains because the window above leaked, but I absolutely don't smell anything when I poke around there. Probably because a loop of steel pipes runs inside directly from the main pipe for the radiators, so it always supplies some heat.

I have googled but have difficulty finding much about alternative treatments. So I'll have to continue assuming that it is pressure-treated.
 
Probably not pressure-treated.
That method was very uncommon in 1958.
I guess something cuprinol-like
 
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