Decking - surface and system treatments
2008
Alfredsen, G., Norwegian Forest and Landscape Inst., Aas (Norway) | Jacobsen, B., Norsk Treteknisk Inst., Oslo (Norway) | Evans, F., Norsk Treteknisk Inst., Oslo (Norway) | Edlund, M.-L., Ödeen and Co AB, Johanneshov (Sweden)
Wood for outdoor decking has a high marked share in the Nordic and Baltic countries among private house owners. Important issues for the consumer are maintenance intervals and aesthetic appearance as well as decay resistance. Knowledge and consumer information about these aspects are required to ensure that wood can compete with alternative decking materials. In this paper an accelerated testing of decking, “stapelbäddsmetoden”, was evaluated after six years of exposure at Ås, Norway, and compared with earlier reported results after three years. Twelve different preservatives and wood modification treatments were used in addition to untreated Scots pine (sapwood and heartwood) and larch (heartwood). The samples were treated with two different surface treatments. In addition there was one set without any surface treatment. In this method for accelerated testing, discolouration and decay was evaluated. This provided new information about performance both on and above ground for a range of different combinations of preservative/modified systems and surface treatments of wood in decking for outdoor use. For example, no clear differences were found between the surface treatments and no surface treatment. The wood modifications with styrene and furfurylalcohol performed just as good, or better, than the copper containing treatments.
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