Treat Your Home With Wood Treatment

Keeping your home as livable as possible is your everyday challenge. It is just apt for us to do everything in keeping our home safe from any pests and insects. It is where we live, it is where we eat and it is where our loved ones live. Home is where love and communication reigns, it is where we build and realize our dreams- therefore taking care of it should be one of our top priorities. 

It’s not just about pest control; we should also protect our home, literally. The wood is the main and the most common foundation in houses. We have woods that shield us from the heat of the sun and from the rage of the storm. Wood is all around our house, now in protecting them we should be able to apply wood treatment. 

Wood treatment is the process of protecting woods from any form of harm caused by weather changes, insects, pest, decay fungi and moisture. Woods can only last more or less three years if left untreated. Keeping your home clean and free of dust is not enough to make your woods lasts for a long time. Factors affecting the deterioration of woods are inevitable. Extreme weather conditions, termites, marine borers and fungi are just some of the leading causes of it. However, proper maintenance, care and good wood treatment can do the trick of saving and maximizing our woods for a long time. 

The basic types of wood treatment are water-borne salt and oil-borne. The common and the more affordable preservative is the oil borne. This is very durable and comes in a reasonable price that is suit to your budget. However, you should be careful as this is toxic especially to plants. You have to take your plants away if you wish to use oil borne preservatives as a wood treatment.  Just the mere fumes that come out of it can threaten and harm your plant’s growth. 

The safer and the good choice is the water-borne salt type preservative. This is basically non-toxic and safer to use on your woods. Although this can still give off toxic to young roots but only in a minimal way. For better result, it might be best if you keep away your plans when applying these wood treatments.