Acetylated wood acts as an effective barrier

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Termites don’t see it as a food product so you don’t have any additional concerns there,” says Hastings Read, vice president of Oakleigh Custom Woodworks (Mobile, Alabama). “When we specify acetylated wood we know the customer is not going to have any problems. [Also,] you’re not departing from the basic idea and authenticity of the original building. It lets the architect comply with historic standards.”

against a broad spectrum of fungi, including cellar, wet rot, dry rot, soft rot, white, brown, and pore fungi. It is verified by American Wood Protection Association (AWPA) E 10, Standard Method of Testing Wood rcs data Preservatives by Laboratory Soil-block Cultures.

The wood carries a Class C fire rating under ASTM E84, Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials; it can be treated to meet higher requirements. Fire treatments have been found to bring it to Class A without compromising the material’s attributes after acetylation.