The corrosivity of treated wood to fasteners has been evaluated using laboratory test procedures, including AWPA Standard E12-94. The standard method was modified in order to allow detailed study of commercial metal fasteners in terms of sample types, installation configuration and exposure conditions. Parallel field tests were also performed. The experimental results generated from these tests suggest that the laboratory test methods accelerate metal corrosion relative to the field performance conditions for only certain preservative treatments. The influence of performance properties of water repellent treated wood on the corrosivity testing methods is also discussed.

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