Tropical Decking, Ultrawood, Sunbelt
Tropical Decking, Ultrawood, Sunbelt
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- Pressured Treated Wood Decking
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Tropical Decking products with UltraWood water repellent protection are a must for any outdoor project. The wide selection of decking from Sunbelt Forest Products along with a 50 year maintenance-free guarantee against rot, decay and termite attack make Tropical Decking the obvious choice. Add to the value of your home, and carefree outdoor living to your lifestyle. With Tropical Decking products, good looks come easy, and stand the test of time.Sunbelt Forest Products uses water-borne chromated copper arsenate, or CCA, wood preservative. This CCA binds tightly to the cell walls of wood. Each treatment cycle is carefully monitored to assure proper treatment.
Cross Sections and Dimensions
2x6 Premium grades of Southern Yellow Pine. All four edges are machined to a 1/2" radius to provide a more uniform, dressed appearance. There is no groove cut in the bottom. Such grooving has been proven to be ineffective. Also, grooving reduces jobsite flexibility. Stock lengths are 8' through 20'.
It's What's Inside That Counts
5/4x6 Premium grade Southern Yellow Pine. Raw stock is selected for its appearance, few knots and no wane. All four edges are machined to a 1/4" radius to provide a more uniform, dressed appearance. Stock lengths are 8' through 16'
Wet it, and watch the water bead. Saw it, drill it, even plane it. You'll see the water bead on every surface! Even better, Tropical Decking can be painted, stained or even glued without damaging its premium protection. Protection that also includes a mold inhibitor called Moldex, ensuring that your outdoor project begins with a bright, fresh appearance.
Today, with the growing popularity of outdoor building projects, the first choice of most home owners is pressure-treated wood. It resists attack from termites, decay, rot, and adds value to your home. But, what about moisture? How do you fight back against rain, high humidity, even water from the lawn sprinkler? Tropical Outdoor Living products, the pressure-treated lumber with UltraWood water repellent protection is the answer. UltraWood is a wax like additive that significantly reduces the tendency of wood to warp and crack.
Decking Installation Tips
A. Use the proper spacing for support joists under your deck boards. We recommend 16" joist spacing under S/4x6 deck boards and 24" spacing under 2x6 deck boards.
B. Use the proper size lumber for joists. Consult your lumber supplier for recommended sizes for joists and all other support members and hardware.
C . Use the right fastener. We recommend hot-dipped, not electroplated, galvanized deck screws as the best fastener. Deck screws should be long enough to penetrate the supporting joist by about 2". Predrill two 118" holes at each joist about 314" from each edge of the deck board, then insert and tighten the screws. Use stainless steel screws if you are near salt water. If you must use nails, only ring shank or spiral shank hot dipped nails may be sub-stituted for screws. Ring shank and may be substituted. Use minimum 12d size on 5/4x6 deck boards and 16d size on 2x6.
D. Install the deck boards tight together .Do not leave a gap between the boards!!! Pressure treated wood is saturated and swollen with water when you receive them. As they dry they will shrink to leave a suitable gap of about 118" to 114" between boards.
E. Install deck boards heart side down where possible. This reduces wood flakeout and protects the heartwood from the elements.
 You can have confidence in Ultrawood. It has been rigorously tested in the lab and in the field. It comes to you from Sunbelt Forest Products Corporation, a major supplier of high quality pressure treated lumber, fencing and related products . In fact, we have so much confidence in Ultrawood that it is the only pressure treated wood that carries a 50 year fungal rot, termite and water repellency guarantee.
Chemical Specialties, Inc., herein after called CSI, extends this , Limited Warranty to "Original Consumer-Purchasers" of Ultra-Wood Residential Lumber. Original Consumer-Purchasers are defined herein to mean the owners of record of the residential property first using it for residential purposes immediately following installation of the warranted lumber. UltraWood Residential Lumber, when used in conjunction with a residential structure, is warranted for 50 years from the date of purchase, against damage by fungal decay or termite infestation that makes the lumber structurally unfit for the application for which it was used and to display greater water repellence in a swellometer test, such as ASTM D4446-84, than CCA treated or untreated wood of the same species exposed to comparable use conditions. Each piece of lumber covered by this warranty shall have been pressure-treated with CSl's Ultra-Wood Chemicals and must bear the American Wood Preservers Bureau(AWPB) LP-2 or LP-22 Quality Stamp or that of the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau, CCA Quality Control Program. It must also have an UltraWood 50 Year Warranty Tag attached to one end of each piece of lumber. CSI, within 60-days of notice of claim under this warranty, will arrange to exchange the damaged l |
