This is a chemical mixture that protects the treated sleepers from both rot fungal attack and insects termites.
Cca treated hardwood sleepers.
Cca treated products are available from h4 h6.
Check out our range of hardwood sleepers products at your local bunnings warehouse.
Landscape grade treated pine and hardwood timber suitable for landscape timber applications.
H6 treated hardwood it can be hard to track down treated hardwood that s suitable for marine applications but the local blokes are happy to help with timber for your boat house boardwalk or jetty.
Cca stands for copper chrome and arsenic cca.
Cca treatment on your hardwood sleepers protects them from decay due to fungal and insect attack thus extending the life of your structure for many years.
Hardwood sleepers pegs decking.
This is why in the past cca treated timber was commonly used in decking playground equipment fences retaining walls jetties and vineyards.
The combination of copper chromium and arsenate prevent the onset of decay and resist insect attack.
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Cca copper chromium arsenate treated timber is ideal for any outdoor living project and remains the most common.
Treated pine sleepers logs palings posts.
Copper chrome arsenate cca treated timber is wood that has been treated with a preservative containing copper chromium and arsenic.
The arsenic provides protection against insects such as lyctid borers and termites.
The copper provides protection against bacteria and fungi that can rot the timber.
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Both start out green in colour then weather to grey over time hot dipped galvanised and or stainless steel fasteners are fittings are recommended when building with eco sleepers.
Hardwood sleepers steel retaining uprights concrete sleepers concrete sleeper accessories treated pine poles structural treated pine primed treated structural timber garden edging posts stair sets leading sleepers.
Mircopro sleepers looks much the same as cca treated pine.
Benefits of cca treated hardwood in timber fencing the chromium in cca is pretty much inert and serves as a binder to hold the solution together.
Cca treatment prolongs the life of the wood.