Wood preservatives: Field tests out of ground contact. Brief survey of principles and methodology

IRG/WP 269

M Fougerousse

This paper contains the following spots: 1.: The general need for field tests. 2.: Interests and limits of field tests in ground contact. 3.: Various methods in use for out-of-ground contact field tests. 4.: Fungal cellar tests are they an alternative to above-ground decay exposure tests? 5.: Conclusions.


Keywords: DECKING; FIELD TEST; WINDOW JOINERY; T-JOINTS; L-JOINTS; SASH UNITS; MITER BLOCKS; OUT-OF-GROUND CONTACT; PANELS; RAIN-TRAPS; SURVEY; WATER PENETRATION; PRESERVATIVES

Conference: 76-05-12/15 Wildhaus, Switzerland


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