Pink is tough: A quick guide to timber treatment for enclosed framing
- Valid from
- 1/04/2011
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Information type
- Guidelines
- Format
- Website
Description
If you're using radiata pine or Douglas fir timber for enclosed framing in buildings, the Building Code states it must be treated to hazard class H1.2. This guidance may help you to understand how H1.2 works and why you need to treat timber used for framing.
Scope
This Guideline includes:
- A new timber treatment system for Acceptable Solution B2/AS1
- The Building Code and Acceptable Solution B2/AS1
- Glossary
- Overview of Timber Treatment for Radiata pine and Douglas fir
- Untreated Douglas fir
- When the new system starts
- Safety and health
- Reference diagrams