Planing or splitting pressure-treated studs?

[leby]

Not easy to get over but look at the wood in the bottom piece of an old (before 1940) window frame.... Clearly better than pressure-treated but normally pressure-treated is better against rot, however, lark is not that much worse if I haven't got it all wrong..

 

[Lolight]

Is it not possible to impregnate the surfaces that are planed or sawed? It’s only two sides that will change. I would have sawed and planed pressure-treated.

 

[Fredsan]

How to impregnate by yourself?

 

[Thomas_Blekinge]

I would never use treated wood there. If the wood is exposed (not clad), regular high-quality wood will last forever. It's more pleasant to work with, and there are no scrap pieces that need to be taken to a recycling center.

 

[leby]

Impregnate myself is probably something I wouldn't attempt, it might be a bit tricky, oil maybe, but as previously mentioned, if you split it you lose the point of the impregnation...

 

[Fredsan]

OK, thanks for all the answers. I'll have to focus on gluing together two 28x95

 

[Thomas_Blekinge]

Impregnate yourself? Get an autoclave (pressure tank with vacuum and heat) and a few hundred liters of liquid containing a range of heavy metals. Obtain permission to handle it. Get a plot where you never need to grow vegetables and where rainwater never reaches the groundwater. And then you can get started.

 

[Lolight]

There are probably oils in cans that do the same job, albeit worse? Heat and pressure only provide extra protection as it goes deeper.

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