Facade of pressure-treated timber.....

[caradan]

I was planning to make it easy for myself when I add insulation to my house, but now that we have replaced the windows, we see that the whole house is clad in pressure-treated cladding. The cladding has been there for at least 18 years...

Do I need to remove everything, or can I nail up battens, insulate, and clad with regular white timber? (thinking about odor, etc., that can come from pressure-treated wood and maybe it's not so good to build it in?)

 

[polanders]

As far as I know, you are not allowed to use pressure-treated wood as facade material. However, it's already in place, but if I were you, I would remove it. Pressure-treated wood can cause unpleasant emissions that may find their way into the house when built in.

 

[caradan]

I myself would never put pressure-treated wood in the facade, but maybe they did that about 20 years ago? (I've never heard of it, but still )

How fun is it on a scale to take everything down and get it to the dump... you can't even burn it!

Yeah yeah, just have to take the bull by the horns and start tearing it down... sigh!

 

[Johan Gunverth]

Yes, I myself would never put treated wood in the facade, but maybe they did so about 20 years ago? (I've never heard of it, but still )

How fun is it on a scale to take everything down and get it to the dump....you can't even burn it!

Oh well, just have to take the bull by the horns and start demolishing...sigh!

While we're at it, you should know that treated wood must be disposed of at a designated place at a recycling center. It's environmentally harmful to burn it or throw it in nature.
...and illegal.

 

[caradan]

That's what I wrote???

(that it has to go to the tip because you can't, read aren't allowed to, burn it)

Would never leave hazardous waste in the forest and fields...

 

[perese]

While we're at it, you should know that treated wood should be disposed of in a designated area at a recycling center. It's environmentally harmful to burn it or throw it in nature.
...and illegal.

Funny, the last time I was at the recycling center and specifically asked where the old treated wood should be disposed of, they referred me to wood, i.e., where all other wood was discarded. Maybe it's different depending on where you are, or perhaps incompetence...