Using Pressure Treated Boards For My Gazebo
Most of the all weather lumber at your local hardware store will be pine. It is mostly a yellow color, which can often look a little greenish after being treated. The benefits of using treated pine start with its relatively low cost, when compared to other common lumber that are adequate for outdoor structures like cedar. This option will give you the least expensive arbor possible. So, if the price is your main concern, then the call has already been made and you will have a pine arbor, pergola or other garden structure. There are a few other points involved in the choice for most people, though. First is the impact on the environment, because most treated wood, is treated with CCA, chrome, copper and arsenic, and arsenic being known to cause severe physical defects. If you are a handy kind of guy, then you will end up with this stuff in your lungs after the project, and if your little ones will be touching it then they will have it on their body too. And, don't even think about growing food on your garden arbor that's has been treated with CCA. In the treatment process, these chemicals are added to the timber, often, when it still has very high humidity. This plays a part in the low price, because the factory doesn't have to dry it, but it also might lead to some downfalls in your landscape structures like gazebos. Improperly dried wood will change in shape considerably when dried, which can result in to bowing, warping and cracking in your garden structure. Having said that, pressure treated timber is currently pleasing many people out there that have built their back porches and backyard using it as their selection.
But if treated wood isn't your cup of tea, then there are many other choices of timber for unique pergolas or even vinyl pergolas at Best Pergolas.