Timber Trader UK Magazine Issue 13 Summer 2021

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COVER STORY  LONZA WOOD PROTECTION

Education and Evolution – the key focus for timber treatment

Vacsol™ 6118 can be used to treat timbers in Use Class 1, 2 and 3 (coated)

Andy Hodge from Lonza Wood Protection explores how innovation in timber protection technology, coupled with a deep rooted commitment to quality, is key to protecting the long-term reputation of timber.

T

hrough independent studies,

time we are embarking on our own education

known on the market as Vacsol™ 6118, the

parliamentary positioning and

programme, focusing upon the need for the

wood preservative has been designed to treat

fantastic industry campaigns,

timber treatment market to evolve and work

timbers in Use Class 1, 2 and 3 (coated). It

there is a growing awareness

with specifiers to help ensure that correctly

provides an effective ‘envelope’ of long-term

that using timber sourced

treated timber is the ‘go to’ construction

protection against fungal and insect attack

material of the future.

around general building timbers and joinery

from sustainable sources is one of the most effective ways to reduce carbon emissions across the construction sector. However, with a spotlight firmly on timber, education

components. A focus on whole-life carbon impact In the design of new products we invest in

With Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) authorisation, timber treated with Vacsol™

about timber protection technologies has

assessing the whole-life carbon impact of the

6118 is non-hazardous to human health,

never been so crucial.

timber treatment being developed, looking

animal health and to the environment, and

First and foremost the timber used in

beyond its performance characteristics to also

at end of life can be re-used or recycled. In

construction needs to be properly protected

consider how it is manufactured, transported

addition, whilst other low pressure wood

from the threat of decay and insect attack.

and industrially applied and whether it can be

preservatives are often transported as diluted

Without this, timber structures would be

reused or recycled at end of life.

solutions, Vacsol™ 6118 has been designed

replaced more frequently owing to decay. This means that everyone in the industry has a role to play, from the companies supplying the timber protection technology, through to specifiers correctly selecting timbers treated to the appropriate Use Class. Currently the Wood Protection Association (WPA) and the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) are engaging in a supply

With designing for the future in mind, it is key to evidence how treated timber can perform as well, if not better, as substitute materials and also how it has a lower environmental impact in end-use applications.

chain education programme that shines a spotlight on the specification and supply of treated timber products to the correct Use Class. At Lonza Wood Protection we fully

A good example of this approach is the

as an easy-to-use concentrate that can be

support this campaign as awareness of Use

launch of Vacsol™ Aqua 6118, a water-based

diluted on-site to meet individual business

Classes is crucial to protecting the long-term

low pressure wood preservative that is both

requirements, thus cutting the carbon

reputation of timber. However, at the same

metal free and VOC free. More commonly

footprint of transportation.

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