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Last time with Idigbo?
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AJB Temple
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Annoying. It was always sold as durable enough for outdoors. Those are some biggish holes by the look of it.
I think you may be confusing durability with resistance to insect attack. Specifically, durability in timber technology terms, refers to a timber species' ability to resist fungal attack and decay when in contact with the ground, e.g., soil, or where the timber experiences moisture penetration exceeding 20% MC. So, a timber species can be classified anywhere between perishable and extremely durable whilst also susceptible to insect attack. Idigbo is classified as durable, i.e., an expected life of 15 - 25 years in contact with the ground. Slainte.
meccarroll
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I wonder if that wood would be so inviting if treated with a wood preserative/insect killer?
Classed as Moderate Durable on this Site: https://www.wood-database.com/idigbo/ also not resistant to insect attack!
Classed as Moderate Durable on this Site: https://www.wood-database.com/idigbo/ also not resistant to insect attack!
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Trevanion
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I wouldn't worry too much about it, Idigbo isn't really available commercially anymore, particularly in larger sizes.
From what I understand from what International Timber and Lathams have told me, it's been very difficult to get timbers like Idigbo from countries in the Gulf of Guinea that meet the criteria to be imported legally into Britain as these countries don't want to jump through all the hoops to export to Europe when they can export to China without any hassle. Also with China heavily investing in infrastructure in West and Central Africa I don't expect things to change soon, it will likely get worse and African timbers will become quite scarce in time.
From what I understand from what International Timber and Lathams have told me, it's been very difficult to get timbers like Idigbo from countries in the Gulf of Guinea that meet the criteria to be imported legally into Britain as these countries don't want to jump through all the hoops to export to Europe when they can export to China without any hassle. Also with China heavily investing in infrastructure in West and Central Africa I don't expect things to change soon, it will likely get worse and African timbers will become quite scarce in time.