Browse Forums Building A New House Re: untreated timber for roof frame 2May 10, 2010 8:27 pm yeah i think your right, ours was as 1684 untreated, ive seen houses go up around us untreated we upgraded ours, they actually had a really offer on at the time and interesting i have recently seen some places where the frame is termite treated but the roof trusses werent...someone might have been 'jipped' Re: untreated timber for roof frame 5May 12, 2010 9:35 am When this house was built 8 years ago we didn't have treated timber, but I don't know the rating on it. I think certain areas you are required to have it? my new build thread- Ben Trager https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89826 my switch build thread (2011) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36569 Re: untreated timber for roof frame 6May 12, 2010 10:08 am You either get non treated pine or H2 treated pine, H3 is for outdoor exposed timber and H4 is below ground. There are still a lot of houses that don't elect for treated timber as they feel the physical or chemical barrier is enough. Some people choose to only have there frames treated and get the trusses in non treated, I think the reasoning being they believe if the termites make it to the roof the damage is already done anyway. Re: untreated timber for roof frame 7Aug 27, 2012 2:22 pm I'm also interested about this one - we were told that most people elect to have it built with untreated and even if it is untreated when drilling holes it exposes the timber? We have had bad experience with termite in the past but it's an additional $2000 or so. Re: untreated timber for roof frame 8Sep 30, 2012 9:26 pm this thing is about cost. but a house will often have an awful lot of timber in it, like architraves and skirting, windows, etc. where do you stop? leighton This is 100% true. You can not hang anything on steel frames. very frustrating 8 8009 This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28312 Thanks Pulse, thats really helpful and very much appreciated. Also thanks for the pointer on sheathing, thats me watching too many american youtube videos! 6 2796 |