Results of stake tests on wood preservatives (Progress report to 1974)

IRG/WP 361

D F Purslow

A number of field stake trials on preservative-treated wood have been carried out at Princes Risborough Laboratory from 1928 to the present day, and many of the tests still continue. This paper presents in detail the results obtained to date, covering about 15 000 individual test stakes exposed over the period.


Keywords: CREOSOTE; FIELD TEST; OILS; ORGANIC SOLVENT PRESERVATIVES; INCISING; STAKES; TEST SITES; UK; WATER-BORNE PRESERVATIVES

Conference: 75-05-26/29 Jadwisin, Poland


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