Has Creosote-Treated Lumber Turned Up in Your Tampa Area Home or Workplace? EnviroShield Has the Solution

Lumber treated with creosote is often used as a preservative for railroad ties, pier pilings, and utility poles. This treated wood is especially common in coastal areas like Tampa, Florida, where moisture-laden air can speed up lumber deterioration and promote termite infestations. Creosote-treated timbers aren’t intended for use indoors, but sometimes they end up as construction materials for homes or businesses.

If you’ve noticed a pervasive chemical smell that’s similar to that of mothballs in your home or workplace, you may be dealing with creosote-treated lumber. Creosote odors alone can be distressing enough to drive occupants out of an office or dwelling. Even worse, though, if the problem continues unchecked, the people who occupy the affected building may begin to experience health problems. This is because creosote vapors can rise from the treated wood for decades, and health experts say those emissions can cause respiratory problems, eye damage, and skin rashes, among other illnesses.

Turn to EnviroShield

Fortunately, property owners dealing with the issues caused by indoor creosote-treated lumber don’t have to tear their homes or businesses apart and replace the wood to eliminate the problems. The best solution is an application of CreoShield™. This innovative coating, available exclusively from EnviroShield, has numerous advantages, including:

Safety

There’s no need to risk adverse health effects from scraping the surface of creosote-treated wood or tearing it out.

Effectiveness

Applying CreoShield™ to creosote-treated lumber encapsulates the fumes, thus eliminating the bad odors and reducing the potentially harmful emissions to levels that are safe for human exposure. Scraping, sanding, and repainting the affected wood is typically less effective because it won’t stop fumes that rise from the core of the treated timbers.

Convenience

When you hire one of EnviroShield’s approved Applicators for the job, applying CreoShield™ can typically be completed in a day or two, which is far less disruptive than the alternative of sanding and repainting.

To learn more about this remarkable coating and how you can have it professionally applied to the creosote-treated lumber in your Tampa home or workplace, contact EnviroShield today.