SOURCE: Building Products Plus

 

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - July 2, 2009) - Introducing thermally modified wood. Using special kilns, premium-grade southern yellow pine lumber is essentially baked for about a day and cooled using carefully timed applications of water to maximize its strength and longevity.

Thermally modified wood was developed in Finland, has been proven effective in Europe since the mid-90s, and is now available in the US under the brand name Nature's Choice.

Nature's Choice Deck (http://www.NaturesChoiceDeck.com), distributed by Building Products Plus, is made of premium-grade southern yellow pine, contains no chemicals, and is backed by a 20 year warranty. Nature's Choice Deck is 100% Natural treated wood.

As Green As It Gets

Nature's Choice Deck is as green as it gets. It is Amish-made using easily renewable southern yellow pine in production facilities that use relatively zero electricity. It's seriously green from start to finish. Nature's Choice Deck is 100% safe for gardens, water sources, animals, and kids. Because it contains no chemicals, scraps can be disposed of like regular wood. This is the stuff dreams are made of, eco-speaking. It should fit well into LEEDs requirements, too.

Longevity

It's hard to believe a chemical-free natural wood product can be long-lasting but Eric Lincoln, Building Products Plus' Senior Project Consultant, reminds us that, "Cedar and redwood last decades without any chemicals. Thermal modification simply gives pine a natural resistance matching that of cedar and redwood."

Physical Properties

The faces of the boards are different -- one side is smooth, the other grooved -- and since the boards are free of wane and nearly totally free of knots they are reversible. Nature's Choice Deck is longer-lasting and more stable than regular wood and you can cut, drill, nail, screw, and stain just like regular wood.

More technical info for Nature's Choice Deck is available at http://natureschoicedeck.com/technical-specs-natures-choice-deck.htm

Availability

Nature's Choice Deck is currently available in 1"x5" deck boards. More dimensions including large timbers and, possibly, pilings are planned for the future. Dorian Benn, Vice President of Building Products Plus, says, "In a way, we are quietly leading our own green movement by providing longer-lasting products that are better for the environment."

Building Products Plus, LLP supplies extended-life building materials for commercial, residential, and industrial projects to design and building professionals nationwide. Learn more about thermally modified wood at http://www.NaturesChoiceDeck.com.