Fagus sylvatica (beech) and Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine) were impregnated by TnBTO (tributyl-tin oxide) and CCA (chromated copper arsenate). In wood blocks two levels of moisture content (50% and 100% of saturation point) were used. Three levels of oxygen concentrations (10, 21, and 50%) were chosen. Treated and untreated wood were exposed to three fungi (C. versicolor a white rot, C. puteana, a brown rot, and C. globosum a soft rot). The results showed when TnBTO was used and wood samples exposed to C. versicolor between treated (TnBTO) and untreated specimens was no a big difference in weight losses. Using high moisture content (100%) in wood blocks caused very low weight losses in all treatments to be appeared. When CCA was applied decay by C. puteana was very decreased in Scots pine, therefore, there was a large difference in weight losses between treated and untreated wood. Low oxygen and high moisture content in treated samples caused wood decay by C. puteana did not occur. In the case of C. globosum effect, increasing the moisture content caused that wood decay in all specimens (treated and untreated) to be increased. However, low oxygen concentration in middle moisture content (50% SP) increased decay in beech.

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