pressure treated wood for the edge of the pond?

no. chemicals are nasty. use cedar or pine. Ingrid

"Pawel" wrote:

Can I use the pressure treated wood as sort of moulding on the edge of the
pond? Or will it poison fish if it comes in contact with water?

pawel




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no. chemicals are nasty. use cedar or pine. Ingrid

I'm not convinced that cedar is any safer than PT lumber - the dust is just
as unsafe to breath as the sawdust from PT lumber.

Completely untreated wood doesn't rot very quickly below the water line -
the problem tends to be right at the air-water interface. So, for anything
that will be submerged pine is plenty good enough. For edging, you're
probably best to use an untreated wood, and plan to replace it every 2 or 3
years.
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the entire face of the veggie filter of my pond is cedar ... the water runs down it.
algae and now moss are growing on it. the fish are fine. of course cypress is just
the best. Ingrid

Derek Broughton wrote:
I'm not convinced that cedar is any safer than PT lumber - the dust is just
as unsafe to breath as the sawdust from PT lumber.


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Something like TREX (artificial deck wood) might give you permanent
material. Haven't checked about leaching from it.

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"Pawel" wrote in message
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Can I use the pressure treated wood as sort of moulding on the edge of the
pond? Or will it poison fish if it comes in contact with water?

pawel

"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" writes:

Something like TREX (artificial deck wood) might give you permanent
material. Haven't checked about leaching from it.

Can I use the pressure treated wood as sort of moulding on the edge of the
pond? Or will it poison fish if it comes in contact with water?

When I researched Trex for a cover for a large (12' x 6') filter I was
dismayed to find it not recommeded for continuous high humidity. I don't
recall if it said anything about ground contact, you might want to check.

HTH