Timber treatment, bearers

[Sir Percy]

What treatment would you apply to the timber supporting the subfloor?

 

TIA

[stegra]

Are you putting new timbers in? If so, you can buy them treated, possibly known as Tanalised.

 

Clear Cuprinol has always been well rated but I don't know if the formula has changed since the VOC rules came in. Probably worth using even if you're fitting new treated timbers.

[WotEver]

Tantalised roofing lath is available dead cheap (comparatively) from any builders merchant.

[Sammas09]

Get em covered in your old engine oil, that way they'll last longer that the boat and it costs nothing.

[RD1]

5 star wood treatment, but I wouldn't want to sleep on the boat for at least a month after, confined space and all that.

But you could cut and first fix and label, then remove, and soak timbers in a trough, or guttering, and let them naturally dry in free dry air for a while.

[monkeyhanger]

Get em covered in your old engine oil, that way they'll last longer that the boat and it costs nothing.

And your boat will smell of old engine oil for a long, long time. That's why creosote is not to be recommended.

[Sir Percy]

Are you putting new timbers in? If so, you can buy them treated, possibly known as Tanalised.

 

 

 

Yep, they'll be new, probs tanalised. Having removed the old timbers (which held up pretty well, mostly) was just wondering whether I should apply something in addition.

 

Thanks, everyone