Douglas Fir VS. Pressure Treated Wood
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:21 pm
Hi All,
so I replacing the three 6 x 6 x 8foot wood posts that hold up an attached awning on my trailer. The ones I'm replacing are circa 1977. They were pressure treated but suffered from lots of 'dry' rot. I live in the hot as Hades California desert. We get sun and heat but very little rain yet these posts have all this dry rot. The posts were always painted.
So now on replacing them.
The posts come as either Douglas Fir or Pressure treated. Which should I use?
Home Depot only carries the pressure treated ones.
Fancy, expensive lumber yard only carries Douglas Fir.
Since each place only carries different products, they don't know enough about the differences to make recommendations.
Thanks in advance.
Dave
so I replacing the three 6 x 6 x 8foot wood posts that hold up an attached awning on my trailer. The ones I'm replacing are circa 1977. They were pressure treated but suffered from lots of 'dry' rot. I live in the hot as Hades California desert. We get sun and heat but very little rain yet these posts have all this dry rot. The posts were always painted.
So now on replacing them.
The posts come as either Douglas Fir or Pressure treated. Which should I use?
Home Depot only carries the pressure treated ones.
Fancy, expensive lumber yard only carries Douglas Fir.
Since each place only carries different products, they don't know enough about the differences to make recommendations.
Thanks in advance.
Dave