Wood decking around a pond??? - Tanilized timber, treated fish?

[paultaylor]

Homeinfo@preston-paving.co.uk

Hi Tony and all. I have just recently been round to qoute a friend on a driveway and patio installation, and noticed something deserves attention. When sizing up the job in hand, I noticed a pond containing Coi Carp. The customer told me about the raised decking to keep the Herons away. Quite suddenly I found that the decking was no longer in good working order, nearly falling in the pond, it was very very slippery. We talked about the fish for a few minutes and decided to drop in the conversation about one of his fish dying some time ago. I would have thought, the more I think about it, surely if you are going to install a pond with fish, a filter, pump and all the other necessities required to keep the waters ph level constant, that it would be a bit pointless having treated timber surrounding and overhanging it.
Do you think this is correct?
What do you think?
I would appreciate any comments on this subject.

Paul Taylor
Taylor Bros
Driveway and Patio Specialists

[danensis]

You may find the following of interest:
http://www.chemspec.com/cca_awpa_june.pdf
and
http://www.chemspec.com/cca_guid_qa.pdf
"As of December 31, 2003, wood intended to be used in residential settings
cannot be treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA)."

OK this is an american site, but we all know how cavalier they are about the environment, so if they are worried we certainly should be!

[paultaylor]

info@preston-paving.co.uk

Well thank you for that, I couldn't have asked for a more precise answer. It just seems common sence to me not to put CCA around a small pond with fish. But I had to check so thank you for that...

Paul Taylor
Taylor Bros
Driveway and Patio Specialists

[Tony McC]

Oh boy - are you going to be overwhelmed with spam!