The wood swells and sometimes cracks. Could start the rotting process. This is of course if the wood is untreated. If its treated, the water or other liquid should bead.
Pressure treated wood can last up to 20 years or more and most pressured treated wood sold in stores such as Home Depot offer a limited lifetime warranty.
Wolmanized Wood is a brand of pressure treated wood.
Depends on the dimensions and type of treated wood. Not signifcantly different from untreated wood.
Wood, which is subject to moisture in a garden, for instance, must be regularly treated with a preservative to prevent the wood rotting.
PT Wood.
Treated wood can hurt birds because of the dangerous chemical compounds used to treat the wood. It is known that some treated wood has arsenic in it and could poison the birds habitat.
"Treated wood can be soft or hard." But, generally what is bought from a lumberyard is soft.
It is undergoing a physical change from wood to ash.
Preservatively-treated (pressure-treated) wood does not meet the standard, unless the wood was heat-treated and stamped HT prior to preservative treatment.
Pressure treated wood is soaked in a special chemical to prevent rotting. Pressure treated wood products have "holes" in them, so the liquid can be readily absorbed for optimal saturation.
It may. If you saw or drill pressure treated wood, you may have exposed part of the wood that was not treated- the INSIDE of the wood. You may need to brush some preservative on the newly exposed surfaces.
Most of the time, the wood is treated. If not, you can treat (and paint) the wood yourself.