Downtown Los Angeles, CA
Solano Valley Community Garden wooden hillside raised garden beds.
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Two years ago after hearing ads on the radio, Al Renner, garden master of the Solano Community Garden, decided to build a prototype TimberSIL wood raised bed to test TimberSIL wood’s non-toxic resistance to weather, insects and wear. After two years the TimberSIL wood 4×4′s shows no signs of wear, rot or deterioration. A year later a larger second TimberSIL bed was built by inner city youth provided by Homeboy Industries and the LA Conservation Corps. While the construction of the second bed was not as sturdy as the first, the TimberSIL wood itself shows no signs of rot or deterioration.
New construction in all California’s high fire zones, labeled as the Wildland Urban Interface (W.U.I), requires all exterior wood be listed as “Ignition Resistant” (Class-A after weathering). TimberSIL wood is one of a small group of real wood siding products approved by the state to be used in these high fire areas. TimberSIL the only non-toxic product of the bunch.
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For more information on products approved by the California State Fire Marshals Office for use in high fire severity zones please see the Cal Fire W.U.I Handbook TimberSIL Products is listed under: Ignition-Resistant Materials (ASTM E84 for 30 Min. with Accelerated Weathering Test)
This is an absolutely beautiful TimberSIL wood Orange County Parks project, built on the bluff in Dana Point, CA over looking the Pacific Ocean. All the TimberSIL wood 4×6′s were custom ordered with corbel end details milled prior to going through the TimberSIL glass impregnation process to insure maximum protection against rot and decay.
Camelot’s Enchanted Garden contains two beautiful non-toxic wheelchair-accessible raised bed gardens, a tumbling composter, and a potter’s bench for our students and volunteers to enjoy. The garden was completely built with recycled materials and is designed to last for generations of Camelot Dragon Slayers!
To show off the natural beauty of TimberSIL wood, this deck was sealed with a clear, Green Spec Listed, Zero VOC!!!, waterproofer produced by New Image Coating called Seal-Once™. If you have tried, you know it’s hard to find a high quality, low VOC wood coating product that works. Seal-Once™ eco-friendly waterproofers for wood, exotic wood, concrete and masonry and composite decking provide long-lasting protection against water, mold, mildew and UV damage.
Here is a TimberSIL wood fence painted white to match the stucco on the home. The fence was built with 1×6 tongue and groove boards with a V-groove profile and a 2×6 top cap, supported by cement pilasters.
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Contractor:
CS Construction
Simi Valeey, CA
(805)304-1814
Here is yet another great application for TimberSIL® wood, a children’s play structure. TimberSIL® wood is the perfect choice for this type of structure, being that it is the only non-toxic preserved wood resistant to rot and insects. Here with TimberSIL® wood used instead of conventional pressure treated wood, parents won’t have to worry about toxic chemicals rubbing off, leaching out and potentially harming their children.
TimberSIL wood kids play structure
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)-
This site includes information on a petition from the Environmental Working Group and the Healthy Building Network to ban arsenic-treated wood in children’s playground equipment.
Sylmar, CA
A great deal of Class-A fire retardant TimberSIL glass-wood was used on the new Olive View UCLA Medical Center. TimberSIL is the only EPA approved non-toxic preserved wood product with a Class-A fire rating (TimberSIL also resists insects and rot). The Sayre Fire, also known as the Sylmar Fire, in November 2008, resulted in the loss of 489 residences in Los Angeles. Sylmar is designated as one of California’s many high fire zones and requires all structures to be built with Class-A fire retardant building materials.
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Olive View-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is one of the primary health care delivery systems in the north San Fernando Valley. The hospital was founded in 1920 as a tuberculosis (TB) sanatorium. In 1962, Olive View Hospital performed the first open heart surgery successfully in the San Fernando Valley, and one of the first in Southern California. Unfortunately, damage during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake included the collapse of structures at Olive View Hospital. The rebuilt Olive View UCLA Medical Center was opened in 1987.
The 2008 Sayre Fire caused damage to several outbuildings, and an evacuation of the intensive care patients from the hospital. The hospital is currently undergoing a major rebuilding project, replacing most of the existing facility with a new, state-of-the-art medical center offering optimal inpatient facilities, and the newly opened 16,000-square-foot Emergency Center.
Chino Hills, CA.
TimberSIL glass wood used here to build a Class-A fire retardant patio cover deck with a great view. The hills of San Bernardino County have been hit repeatedly with wildfire storms over the last decade. Chino Hills, now listed as a W.U.I. (Wildland Urban Interface) area, Cal Fire’s determined high fire severity zones, has to abide by new building codes and fire restrictions that require Class-A or Ignition Resistant building materials used for outdoor applications, designed to save lives and homes.
This gorgeous Ipe wood deck, built on top of a TimberSIL® wood substructure, comes to us from the high fire area of Ventura County. As you can see by the view from the deck, this home is surrounded by wild land. The State of California has classified areas where residence and wildlife meet as high fire severity zones, grouping them into the Wildland Urban Interface, better know as W.U.I. Homes in these listed areas must abide by a stricter set of fire codes designed to save lives in the case of a wildfire.
As you know, TimberSIL® has a Class-A fire rating and meets the guidelines set forth by the state to be used in the high fire areas. Ipe, the Brazilian hardwood used on this deck, also has a natural resistance to fire. While not listed by the State, some cities allow Ipe to be used in the high fire zones. Ipe wood has a beautiful look and is very durable, so it’s great for decks, although it is much more expensive than TimberSIL and very heavy and hard to work with. This is why TimberSIL is used for the substructure and Ipe is not used throughout.
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The TimberSIL® wood seen here was stained with a solid color Cabot oil stain to match the color of house. It looks great!
