creosote

[shavey]

thats quite a price difference from the company you found

[Graham w]

Been doing it for the last 2/3 years, so its too early to tell how much longer the stakes last. I haven't measured it but 50/ 50 won't be too far off. An old kid told me that if you can heat it, it will penetrate much further. But I think pointing a space heater at the 45 gallon drum I'm using will be something of a fire risk.

 

i think what you need is a heavy metal tank on legs that you light a fire beneath. the top side of the tank has a lid with an air tight seal that bolts down or locks safely. when the creosote is heated its viscosity decreases and expands (quite like a container of petrol left in direct sun light) and will force its way through a dry pine post, add a block of tar to the mix and you get telegraph pole quality that will last for 40+ years

 

in theory:001_smile:

[Macpherson]

I think that if you want to find your own formula and method for treating timber that`s going to last in the ground that`s fine, but half the battle has to be using imported slow grown northern European spruce or whatever, as per scbk`s post on the first page, rather than any of the shite grown here, it`s about twice the weight stick for stick and imo good to work with compared to the FC weeds that pollute our hills that are good for FA but pulp...........oh yeah, and hillside erosion.

[Safety Steve]

i think what you need is a heavy metal tank on legs that you light a fire beneath. the top side of the tank has a lid with an air tight seal that bolts down or locks safely. when the creosote is heated its viscosity decreases and expands (quite like a container of petrol left in direct sun light) and will force its way through a dry pine post, add a block of tar to the mix and you get telegraph pole quality that will last for 40+ years

 

in theory:001_smile:

 

Ok Graham... I am getting a little concerned now..... clipboard being loaded as we speak, hard hat and Hi Viz cloak ready to don....

[caledonian bob]

I think that if you want to find your own formula and method for treating timber that`s going to last in the ground that`s fine, but half the battle has to be using imported slow grown northern European spruce or whatever, as per scbk`s post on the first page, rather than any of the shite grown here, it`s about twice the weight stick for stick and imo good to work with compared to the FC weeds that pollute our hills that are good for FA but pulp...........oh yeah, and hillside erosion.

 

Sweeping statement , but actually there's plenty of good quality home grown timber available, Pine and Larch which once kiln dried is as good as the imported timber.

[carpenter1]

Been looking at pressure treated creosote stakes today, and really for the price difference is it worth me bothering to dip them.

 

Wheres best to get them in devon?

Thanks

[caledonian bob]

Been looking at pressure treated creosote stakes today, and really for the price difference is it worth me bothering to dip them.

 

Wheres best to get them in devon?

Thanks

 

Give McVeigh Parker a call. Nearest depot to you is probably Reading,

Tel:01189 744777. I know they deliver to Devon but obviously you may need to wait untill they have a load for you'r area.

[Macpherson]

Sweeping statement , but actually there's plenty of good quality home grown timber available, Pine and Larch which once kiln dried is as good as the imported timber.

 

Yep , sorry, larch and pine I really like, it was the endless , sterile, overbearing, daylight robbing, unmanaged sitka plantations where nothing except the midge thrives that were on my mind at two in the morning after a couple of drams, but.... I didn`t think that I`d get away with it. and apologies for the derail, cheers

[caledonian bob]

Yep , sorry, larch and pine I really like, it was the endless , sterile, overbearing, daylight robbing, unmanaged sitka plantations where nothing except the midge thrives that were on my mind at two in the morning after a couple of drams, but.... I didn`t think that I`d get away with it. and apologies for the derail, cheers

 

No Worries, I've a bit of a thing about the quality of timber we use for fencing as I work for a company that sell it. Time has come for us all to be using timber that will last longer than the Spruce and Fir which has been prevalant in recent years.

[Macpherson]

No Worries, I've a bit of a thing about the quality of timber we use for fencing as I work for a company that sell it. Time has come for us all to be using timber that will last longer than the Spruce and Fir which has been prevalant in recent years.

 

Yeah, there`s nothing wrong with Sitka if it`s slow grown arctic circle stuff, I had some recently which was very tight grained 1 - 2mm per year, nice to work with and probably worth spending time and money treating with creosote, cheers.