Pressure-treated lumber is wood that is placed in a pressure chamber and immersed in a liquid preservative. The chamber pushes the preservative chemical deep into the wood fibers. Using a pressure chamber ensures that the chemical permeates throughout the wood, instead of merely soaking it, which risks having untreated sections of wood. Pressure treating wood is ideal for outdoor uses as it preserves and protects the wood against pests and wood rot. This can help to preserve your wood for up to decades longer than untreated wood.
Our treat plant utilizes an 80’x 6’ pressure treating retort, three 16,000-gallon work tanks, two 10,000 concentrate tanks, and an 18,000 bulk water tank, all housed in an 18,000 square foot heated building. We own and operate the only pressure treating plant in nearly 400 miles!
In 2007, Parma Post and Pole, Inc. built a state-of-the-art wood preserving facility to treat our wood products and future customers. The nearest wood preserving facilities were in Salt Lake City, Reno, Portland or Spokane. Having our own treating plant offered us some huge advantages and future growth opportunities.
Since 2007 we have been treating with a chemical call ACQ, or Naturewood, manufactured by Koppers. Koppers is that largest wood preserving chemical manufacturer in the US and services over 400 wood treating plants around the world. In the last several years, many new technologies and advances in chemicals started our discussion to change our wood treating chemical formulations. This decision was not taken lightly or without serious considerations about how this change would affect our customers.
