Benefits of TimberSIL®
- Glass and Wood Properties
- Class-A Fire Retardant
- EPA Aproved Non-Toxic
- Insect Barrier
- Dry Wood Product
- No Rot No Decay
- Non Corrosive
- Increased Hardness
- Increased Strength
- Your Family's Saftey
- 40 Year Guarantee
- Safe for the Environment
- Volatile Organic Compound
TimberSIL is well covered in the media
This Old House Magazine
Sep 2005
Non-toxic, Affordable Pressure-Treated Lumber
by: Mark Powers
"Leave it to a chemist specializing in immune deficiency disorders to devise a pressure-treated wood that's rot-proof, bug-proof, and so clean you could eat off of it. Its maker says it's even safe enough to put in your mouth.
But we're not sure why you'd want to do that. "
Popular Science
Nov 2005
"Pressure-treated lumber without the poison"
"TimberSIL employs sodium silicate, a mixture of sand and soda ash used since the 1800s in detergents and as an egg preservative. Lumber soaks in it under pressure, then bakes until an insoluble matrix of amorphous glass hardens throughout the wood. No amount of rain or wear will remove it - Bugs can look, but they can't touch. "
Enviromental Building News
October 2004
"TimberSIL Nontoxic Pressure-Treated Wood"
"Virtually all of the chemicals used in pressure-treated wood—CCA (chromated copper arsenate), ACQ (ammonium copper quaternary), copper azole, and even borates—are formulated to do one thing: kill organisms that decay or eat wood. It stands to reason that chemicals selected for their toxicity might also affect humans and ecosystems. Most uses of CCA have been phased out due to toxicity concerns..."
Metropolitan Home Magazine
2005 Desing - #41
Honors 100 of the most noteworthy personalities, places and extraordinary objects in the world of innovative design.