Originally Posted by FurFlyin
Johnal, do you use ground contact rated lumber for everything over the water? I've never built a pier but I figure with all the moisture it would about have to be GC rated.

I try to talk to people and tell them we should, but most don’t want to spend the extra coin. I get that, piers aren’t cheap. Especially when you start getting into deeper water and having to use 30’ telephone poles. All the post I use are ground and water treated of course. The “salt water” treatment from Alfa lumber in Birmingham is what I try to get people to go with. It’s no 1 stuff that has been double treated pretty much. Probably the same as “ground and water” treatment. It’s good looking pine, which can be tough to come by now days. Feels like it’s full of lead though!


Originally Posted by BPS
This is Aldeer! The place people come to vent their frustrations and completely change their stance a few minutes later... grin