Preservation, protection and modification of wood composites

Published Date
Wood Composites
2015, Pages 253–310, doi:10.1016/B978-1-78242-454-3.00011-1

• Author 

• M.J. Spear

Abstract

With the widespread use of wood composites in the modern world – from panel products to engineered lumber – there is a need to understand their strengths and weaknesses with respect to weathering and decay. Wood composites have shown very good performance, and substantial service lives when correctly specified for the exposure risks present. Selection of an appropriate product for the job should be accompanied by decisions about the appropriate protection, whether this is by design, by preservative treatment or by wood modification techniques. This chapter reviews many of the environmental hazards encountered by wood composites (moisture, UV degradation, decay, insect attack and fire) and many of the strategies used to counter them.

Keywords

• Weathering
• Decay
• Insects
• Fire
• Preservation
• Wood modification.

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