Have You Discovered Creosote-Treated Lumber in Your Jacksonville, FL, Home or Workplace? EnviroShield Can Help

Usually an offensive chemical smell is the first tipoff for home and business owners that the building they’re occupying contains lumber that’s been treated with creosote. In Jacksonville and other coastal Florida communities, the use of creosote as a wood preservative for dock pilings and utility poles is quite common. The creosote-treated wood in those outdoor fixtures isn’t intended for use in buildings occupied by humans, but sometimes well-meaning people will recycle it into construction materials for homes and businesses.

Unfortunately, creosote-treated wood can give off fumes for decades. And those emissions are not only smelly, but they can also be hazardous to human health. In fact, experts say human exposure to creosote emissions can cause skin rashes, breathing problems, and eye damage, and it’s also listed as a probable carcinogen.

Eliminating the Problems Caused by Creosote-Treated Lumber

In years past, the only way to rid a home or office of the problems caused by creosote-treated wood was to spend hours – and sometimes days or weeks – scraping and sanding the tainted wood and then refinishing it. This approach not only involves the safety issue of prolonged exposure to the creosote fumes, but it also can be disappointing when the obnoxious creosote odor returns, even after all that effort.

EnviroShield Has a Better Way

If you’ve discovered that creosote-treated lumber is present in your home or workplace, the best way to get rid of both the obnoxious smell and potential health hazard is to turn to EnviroShield. Our innovative coating, CreoShield™, can be applied to the problem area, where it will encapsulate the emissions. This will eliminate the odors and reduce the emissions to a level that’s safe for human exposure.

CreoShield™ is also a cost-effective and convenient alternative to the tedious and time-consuming method of scraping and sanding wood. When you invest in a professional application of CreoShield™ by an EnviroShield-approved Applicator, the preparation and application process is likely to take only a day or two.

To learn more about the advantages of turning to EnviroShield for this highly effective solution to the adverse effects of living with creosote-treated lumber, contact us today.