Journal article
Ability of polyethylene boots to protect the belowground portion of small stakes against decay
Forest Products Journal, Vol.47(5), pp.42-44
1997
Abstract
With a view to enhancing protection of posts protected by simple preservative treatment, the effectiveness of a 2-mil polyethylene film covering the belowground portion of dip-treated and untreated small sapwood stakes was tested. Stakes with the polyethylene encasement incurred little or no decay over 2 years of in-ground exposure, whereas stakes without the polyethyene barrier were heavily decayed. The evidence warrants extending the testing to conventional posts.
Details
- Title
- Ability of polyethylene boots to protect the belowground portion of small stakes against decay
- Authors
- T C Scheffer (Author)Jeffrey J Morrell (Author)
- Publication details
- Forest Products Journal, Vol.47(5), pp.42-44
- Publisher
- Forest Products Society
- Date published
- 1997
- ISSN
- 0015-7473
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450894002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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