3 years ago I set up an experiment to find out if wood treatments actually work to protect timber from rot, decay and wood boring insects. I wanted to test pressure treated / tanalised wood and also self treated wood with a wood preserver product. The results from these tests really surprised me!

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0:00 Intro
0:14 Setting The Experiment Up
1:32 The Past 3 Years
1:49 Why Do We Treat Exterior Wood?
3:16 The Treatment Options
6:31 The Test Results
12:25 Grain Tightness
12:43 What We've Learned

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