Question: We are building a room addition to our house. We have had termite damage in the past, so we want to treat all the lumber ourselves, if possible. Are spray-on borate chemicals a good choice?

With technological advances there are often tradeoffs. Each new cure-all carries its own series of side effects. Pressure-treated wood, used to build an ever-increasing number of back yard decks, is a ...

Dear James: We have problems with insect damage in our area. When doing a major remodeling project, should we treat all the lumber with spray-on borate chemicals for protection? Borate chemicals ...

People have been trying for ages to get rid of termites, those hardy, hungry, wood-destroying insects that cause as much as $1 billion a year in property damage in Florida alone. Now some Central ...

Dear Jamie: Stopping insects before they enter your house is always better than trying to treat an infestation once it is established. Insects can cause direct structural damage or increase the wood’s ...

Q. It seems like we're constantly repairing things here at my home. The latest project involves numerous places on the inside and outside of our home where wood is rotting. My carpentry skills are ...

When U.S. homeowners think of building a deck for their summertime enjoyment, most of them likely think of pressure-treated wood. Such wood, predominantly made by infusing southern pine under high ...

ABBEVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Great Southern Wood Preserving, Incorporated, the nation’s leading producer of pressure treated pine lumber for residential, farm, commercial and industrial uses, ...

What gets more attention than a multimillion-dollar home built on a cliff overlooking the ocean? A home being built there using blue-colored wood. Two homes under construction at The Strand at ...