Re: [IBC] Winter project

> Hi Jim.  You write,
> > I'll use 4x4" treated posts and 2x4 treated cross
> > braces, but the table tops are going to be that
> > plastic lumber.  With luck, I'll never have to build
> > another set of tables!
> Trust in plastic lumber's useful life might be ill-advised.  A
professional
> architectural firm recently provided a friend with figures to
project
> reserves for her community's replacement of mixed fencing-- the
treated wood
> fencing (at less than half the running cost of substantial
plastic fencing
> of identical height) had a 20-year life whereas the plastic
fencing was
> projected to last 25 years.  What are "lifetime" warranties
worth for vinyl
> clad windows and vinyl siding-- they are not "for the ages."
>

The treated 4x4s will undoubtedly outlast the tabletop, which
will get wet daily and (unavoidably) will get covered with wet
leaves and soil, and morning sun.  However, my existing wooden
tabletops (treated lumber all) are mostly rotted away after just
10 years.  Anyway, plastic fenceposts are as worthless as tits on
a boar hog.  Take it from one who has probably sunk more (or as
many) fenceposts by hand than any living person who doesn't do it
for a living.

And I suspect that _I_ will be damned lucky to have another 20
years of hale-and-heartiness enough to manage a 100-tree bonsai
collection.  Maybe a plastic tree beside my automatic, crank-up
bed.  ;-).

I'd guess that "lifetime warranty" is probably OK.  ;-)

Jim Lewis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase
'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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