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First EverApproved Barrier Product
May 14, 2008 TimberSIL is awarded the fist (as of now only) EPA Approved barrier product exemption. Qualifying TimberSIL for the non-toxic barrier exemption of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) part 152.10 Code of Federal Regulations (40 C.F.R.) because TimberSIL is not intended to ?prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate a pest? and that it is ?intended to exclude pests only by providing a physical barrier against pest access?
This EPA determination represents almost four years of negotiations with the Agency, is an especially impressive achievement for several reasons.
First, according to EPA personnel, in its history, the Agency has never issued a letter expressly stating that a product qualifies as a barrier product. The barrier exemption has been on the books for over 20 years, and yet this is the first instance in which EPA has put in writing that a product qualifies.
Second, traditional wood treatment chemical companies and producers of traditionally treated wood products aggressively lobbied the agency not only to not issue this letter, but to take action to force TTT to go through the pesticide registration process.
Because of the pressure from traditional wood treatment companies and producers of traditionally treated wood products, EPA conducted an unusually thorough investigation of the TimberSIL process, the relevant literature, and the TimberSIL production facility. EPA chemists and toxicologists conducted a detailed site visit, and also spent many hours in interviews with TTT personnel and in document reviews.
Third, as EPA had not previously made a formal determination with regards to a barrier product, the Agency had to create a process and requirements specifically aimed at making such a determination for TimberSIL. This was one of the reasons that the final determination has held up for such a significant period.
After a process lasting almost 4 years, The EPA was convinced that, in fact, TimberSIL is not a pesticide but instead is a non-toxic barrier against rot, decay and common wood problems.
Ignition Resistant Fire Retardant. TimberSIL® fire retardant & ignition resistance properties (Class A) have been confirmed by Intertek Testing and Certification Services.
Eliminating Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs).
TimberSIL® is VOC-free
Volatile organic compounds are virtually everywhere. Every composite material and plastic material contains unreacted raw materials, solvents, partial reaction products, catalysts, and additives such as phthalate esters; all of them VOCs. These components circulate freely in the polymer and continuously release to the air throughout the lifetime of the products. In enclosed environments, such as most homes, these components reach saturation levels, meaning levels that are the highest concentrations chemically possible to achieve. The cleaner the air, the faster these chemicals are released to the air. VOCs rapidly enter the body where they interfere with enzyme function, reduce ability to fight infection, and trigger immune system attacks on the body.
TimberSIL® is VOC-free by design. Our silicate-based starting formula is entirely mineral based, so there is no possibility that even one VOC molecule is produced. This is extremely important since in today?s environment, most individuals have VOC-triggered immune responses to some degree, and underlying disease responses that can be triggered at extremely low levels of VOCs. The best protection for health, is the elimination of VOCs from indoor air entirely, and TimberSIL® can help move toward this goal. TimberSIL® is proud of its mineral based, VOC-free process, at the VOC levels we know are needed, and that is complete elimination at the molecular level.
Strength, Exposure Rot & Decay
TimberSIL® wood employs a patented heating process that removes moisture during the process?not after. TimberSIL® does not use a re drying process like other manufacturers. The TimberSIL® process removes unnecessary water from the product during the process, so it won?t come out later resulting in shrinkage. TimberSIL® is effectively pre-shrunk, becoming more dimensionally stable and stronger?especially as a result of the patented, wood-glass matrix manufacturing process. The unique technology that produces TimberSIL® wood lumber, and the reduction to 19% moisture content, ensures that products will undergo limited dimensional changes, shrinkage or warpage after installation.
The Benefits Are:
Shrinkage problems with final drying are minimized.
Increased strength and stiffness
No sagging or reduced strength as with wet lumber.
TimberSIL® removes the components of the food chain altogether with the ?micro-manufacturing process" This process creates a barrier making wood unavailable to small insects and microbes rendering it unrecognizable as a food source at the cellular level. Pests see a glassy barrier which will reduce costs in pest management and reduce or eliminate pesticides in to the environment. May 2008 EPA Determination: TimberSIL® is a Nontoxic Barrier Product, exempt from all EPA pesticide regulations United States Environmental Protection Agency
TimberSIL® provides a protective barrier rather than relying on poisons to kill insects and prevent rot or decay, as occurs with treated wood. Non-toxic, non-corrosive TimberSIL® wood outperforms treated wood in the areas of leaching, and protection from common wood problems
Click for EPA Determination Click for Article from Green Building Product Dealer Click here for " Wood Destroying Insects" from UC Riverside Entomology
Replace materials with TimberSIL® that cause future CO2 emissions.
The fact is that carbon in other wood, plastics and composite products breaks down within a few years, the ENTIRE material converts to carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases at the end of thier life cycle. This is the reason that there is such a need to reduce greenhouse emissions. The concern is not only current emission levels, but the unavoidable 10, 20, and 50 year increases of those emission numbers which could cause catastrophic global effects. Consider the breakdown products from vinyl decking and siding that are particularly detrimental greenhouse gases not only from the production cycle but the materal molecular structure as it breaksdown. Vinyl (PVC) is 60% chlorine and when breaksdown produces products such as Cl radicals, Cl ions, chlorine gas, OCl- (bleaches), chloroform, and hundreds of organochlorine compounds which are some of the most predatory harmful, aggressive greenhouse gases. Some of these gases are as much as 15,000 times more harmful than plain carbon dioxide.
The average useful life of vinyl is 10 years, and most of the degradation and environmental damage occurs in the next 20 years. Everytime a vinyl deck is replaced a new 30-year degradation and emissions release profile is superimposed over the emissions for the previous deck. The cumulative greenhouse gas emissions for PVC, adjusted to equivalents for CO2, for just one average PVC deck, is 2.5 Million lbs. TimberSIL® do not contain chlorine, but they prevent/replace vinyl-associated greenhouse gas emissions every time TimberSIL® Products are use in typical vinyl appications. All products containing carbon that is not permanently sequestered will eventually release all of their carbon back to the environment.
Composite decking products are composed of petroleum and tiny wood fibers, all of which decompose ultimately to carbon dioxide. for just one average deck, over a 50 year period approximately 350,000 pounds of CO2 will be released to the atmosphere (with deck and replacements of composite materials such as Trex®). Using TimberSIL® for a vinyl decks would prevent 350,000 pounds of releasd CO2
TimberSIL is a Non-Leaching Product Sodium Silicate, otherwise known as waterglass, is a versatile, inorganic chemical made by combining various ratios of sand and sodium carbonate at high temperature.The chemistry and process that TimberSIL® uses to produce its products has been put through thousands of rigorous tests that validate and quantify our claims. The TimberSIL process and protocols validated by an independent lab using the following protocol.
Method: Samples of wood produced by the TimberSIL® formulation and process, along with unmodified control samples were submitted for third party laboratory analysis. to determine the amount of silicate in the TimberSIL® samples expressed as a ratio of soluble silicate (remaining unconverted) to total silicate in the samples. The samples were analyzed for total silicate and for water soluble silicate, expressed as µg/g (ppm) sodium silicate (Na 2Si 3O 7).
Results and conclusion: The ratio of soluble silicate to total silicate in the TimberSIL® Glass Wood samples was determined to be 1:4890, a 99.98% conversion from soluble to TimberSIL® Glass Wood samples.
