Pressure Treated Safe or Not safe?

[jhamblin]

I am about to purchase wood for my run and wanted to know if I could use PT wood without ill effects. There will be no feed or water in the run around the wood, I will keep it in the coop.

Thanks,
James

 

[Lollipop]

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The old problem with PT was that arsnic was used in the treatment. Arsnic hasn't been used is a lot of years, so PT is safe.......Pop

 

[ECBW]

Isn't PT wood more costly?

PT wood is necessary only when close to or in contact with soil. I would suggest to save on the cost and less worry about toxicity exposure.

 

[Chris09]

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PT wood is necessary only when close to or in contact with soil.

Ground-contact rated lumber has .40 pounds of preservative per cubic foot. Above-ground rated lumber has .25 pounds.
You can use above ground rated treated lumber in contact with or in the soil but it wont last as long.

Chris​

 

[Chris09]

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The old problem with PT was that arsnic was used in the treatment. Arsnic hasn't been used is a lot of years, so PT is safe.......Pop

I agree with Pop,
PT wood is fine to use.

Chris

 

[conny63malies]

WEll i only build a doghouse so far. I used treated 2x4s for the ground contact and after two years outside in our kansas weather it holds up just fine.

 

[geoff40]

Also the health issue with pressure treated wood is fume related. So to frame an outdoor run, fumes would be aboutyour last problem.

 

[buckabucka]

We used pressure treated, but put these sleeves over them so the chickens wouldn't peck at the wood. I think they came from Home Depot, so they are easy to find.
You can see a photo of them on my page (you have to scroll down a bit to see the run). The sleeves are white.
Happy building!

 

[Creed Bennett]

I used pressure treated on all my run. Here in Kentucky our Lowe's has pressure treated 2x4's cheaper than regular 2x4's. $1.97 compared to $2.40.

 

[Cargo]

PT is just fine.