WOOD PRESERVING PROCESS

The treating process at Marks-Miller Post & Pole, Inc. is monitored closely so that we can provide the best product possible to our customers in an environmentally and health conscious manner.  While the safety of our employees, customers and the environment is our first priority, it is also important that we provide our customers with a high quality durable product.

Treating is accomplished in an enclosed, heated containment facility that conforms to all State and Federal regulations.  Dry wood is placed in a metal cylinder, sealed shut and then run through a series of vacuum and pressure cycles.  The wood preserving chemicals are ultimately pushed deep into the wood to provide a product that conforms to American Wood Preservers Association guide lines.  The treated wood is then removed from the cylinder and placed in a contained, impervious heated area called a drip pad until fixation occurs.  Fixation is a complex series of chemical reactions where the preservative becomes locked to the wood fibers in a highly insoluble state. 

With completion of this process, our customers are assured of a product that is durable, safe to handle and will not harm the environment.

(See Consumer Safety Information Sheet.pdf)