PRODUCTS

Our Timber Product Range


Our products have a multitude of different, unique uses and can all find their perfect place in your home. Our products, and their relevant uses, include:
  • Australian United Timbers’ landscape sleepers can be used in a variety of applications including retaining walls, edging gardens and pathways or even sound barriers to help eliminate noise
  • Our landscaping rounds, slabs, wing splits and half rounds are mainly used for yard beautification, garden borders and small building structures.
  • Our timber fence products are ideal for vineyard trellising, ground stabilization and general farm fencing. 
  • Our range of certified building poles, designed to meet engineer specified building requirements. 
  • Our range of landscaping supplies include products such as rails, palings, pickets and decking.

Treated Timber

1. MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheets

These MSDS's provide updated health and safety information on treated timber. Please take the time to review these and feel free to ask us for any further information.

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2. Health and Safety – Guide to Working Safely with Treated Timber 

With a safety record that is more than commendable, Australian United Timbers wish to convey the importance of health and safety to all users of our treated pine products. Where possible, we supply timber cut to length exactly to our customers’ requirements. However, when this is not possible, we recommend you refer to our guide to 'working safely with treated timber.

3. Treatment Process – Interactive Treatment Process

Click the flashing green button on the animation below to begin the interactive treatment process. Simply click the arrows to move forward step by step through the process.

4. Hazard Class Guide – Understanding the Australian Hazard Classes for Treated Timber

Please find below a simple to use interactive treatment guide for treated timber. Simply roll over the buttons to discover the Hazard Class level recommended for treated timber uses in and around the home.

Important Info: Tanalised® CCA Treated Timber Important Information

Please note: CCA treated timber has some limitations to its use within the Australian market. CCA treated timber cannot be used for garden furniture, picnic tables, exterior seating, children’s play equipment, patio and domestic decking, and hand rails. Alternative treatments such as Tanalith® E and Vacsol® Azure are approved for use in these applications, Lonza Wood Protection recommends either of these preservative options as suitable alternatives.

Wood treated with inorganic arsenic should be used only where such protection is important.
Inorganic arsenic penetrates deeply into and remains in the pressure-treated wood for a long time. However, some chemical may migrate from treated wood into surrounding soil over time and may also be dislodged from the wood surface upon contact with skin. Exposure to inorganic arsenic may present certain hazards. Therefore, the following precautions should be taken both when handling the treated wood and in determining where to use or dispose of the treated wood.

Use Site Precautions 

All sawdust and construction debris should be cleaned up and disposed of after construction.

Do not use treated wood under circumstances where the preservative may become a component of food or animal feed. Examples of such sites would be use of mulch from recycled arsenic-treated wood, cutting boards, counter tops, animal bedding, and structures or containers for storing animal feed or human food.

Only treated wood that is visibly clean and free of surface residue should be used for patios, decks and walkways. Do not use treated wood for construction of those portions of beehives which may come into contact with honey. Treated wood should not be used where it may come into direct or indirect contact with drinking water, except for uses involving incidental contacts such as docks and bridges.

Handling Precautions

Dispose of treated wood by ordinary trash collection. Treated wood should not be burned in open fires or in stoves, fireplaces, or residential boilers because toxic chemicals may be produced as part of the smoke and ashes. Treated wood may be burned only in commercial or industrial incinerators or boilers in accordance with national and / or state and Federal regulations.

Avoid frequent or prolonged inhalation of sawdust from treated wood. When sawing, sanding and machining treated wood, wear a dust mask. Whenever possible, these operations should be performed outdoors to avoid indoor accumulation of airborne sawdust from treated wood.

When power-sawing and machining, wear goggles to protect eyes from flying particles.

Wear gloves when working with wood. After working with wood, and before eating, drinking, toileting, and use of tobacco products, wash exposed areas thoroughly.

Because preservatives or sawdust may accumulate on clothes, they should be laundered before re-use. Wash work clothes separately from other household clothing

Important Info: Ecowood® Treated Timber

  1. Do not burn preserved wood.
  2. Wear dust mask & goggles when cutting or sanding wood.
  3. Wear gloves when working with wood.
  4. Some preservative may migrate from the treated wood into soil/water or may dislodge from the treated wood surface upon contact with skin. Wash exposed skin areas thoroughly.
  5. All sawdust and construction debris should be cleaned up and disposed of after construction.
  6. Wash work clothes separately from other household clothing before re-use.
  7. Preserved wood should not be used where it may come into direct or indirect contact with drinking water, except for uses involving incidental contact such as fresh water docks and bridges.
  8. Do not use preserved wood under circumstances where the preservative may become a component of food, animal feed or beehives.
  9. Do not use preserved wood as mulch.
  10. Only preserved wood that is visibly clean and free of surface residue should be used.
  11. Do not use preserved wood in direct contact with aluminium.
  12. If the wood is to be used in an interior application and becomes wet during construction, it should be allowed to dry before being covered or enclosed.
  13. Disposal Recommendations: Preserved wood may be disposed of in landfills or burned in commercial or industrial incinerators or boilers in accordance with federal, state and local regulations.
  14. If you desire to apply a paint, stain, clear water repellent or other finish to your preservative treated wood, we recommend following the manufacturer’s instructions and label of the finishing product. Before you start, we recommend you apply the finishing product to a small exposed test area before finishing the entire project to insure it provides the intended result before proceeding.
  15. Certain metal products (including fasteners, hardware and flashing) may corrode when in direct contact with wood treated with copper-based preservatives. To prevent premature corrosion and failure, it is important to follow the recommendations of the manufacturers for all metal products.
  16. Mould growth can and does occur on the surface of many products, including untreated and treated wood, during prolonged surface exposure to excessive moisture conditions. To remove mould from the treated wood surface, wood should be allowed to dry. Typically, mild soap and water can be used to remove remaining surface mould. For more information visit www.epa.gov.
  17. For more information visit www.lonzawoodprotection.com/apa
Get in touch with our friendly team on (02) 6337 0388 to find out more. 
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