white ants- treated vs hardwood?

Hi guys,

I am in a VERY white anty location. Already have them in one tree out the front which is about to get treated and the rumour is most houses here are infested. (myne is besser brick/slab and very low risk so im okay for now...)
About to build an enclosed vege patch. Im after solid construction head high and a laster, and will probably fit a chicken run down one side and a small potting shed. Question- I was going to put posts into the ground -> backfill and ram. Do white ants avoid hardwoods? Or should i simply stick with treated pine? My old fence is hardwood and it is quite rotten and falling down at about 25 years old.
Also i just read the post about stirrups - Would anyone advise placing stirrups for the posts? The only load will be chicken wire however a point may be, that because there is no load the posts will be quite far apart and the only bracing will be the strip of hardwood framing on top to fix the wire to etc.
So maybe it would cost more $ as with stirrups i would think more bracing would be needed if it was say at least 2.1 high. (Also more $ for concrete and stirrups themselves).
Ta.

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Originally Posted by zongatron

Hi guys,

I am in a VERY white anty location. Already have them in one tree out the front which is about to get treated and the rumour is most houses here are infested. (myne is besser brick/slab and very low risk so im okay for now...)
About to build an enclosed vege patch. Im after solid construction head high and a laster, and will probably fit a chicken run down one side and a small potting shed. Question- I was going to put posts into the ground -> backfill and ram. Do white ants avoid hardwoods? Or should i simply stick with treated pine? My old fence is hardwood and it is quite rotten and falling down at about 25 years old.
Also i just read the post about stirrups - Would anyone advise placing stirrups for the posts? The only load will be chicken wire however a point may be, that because there is no load the posts will be quite far apart and the only bracing will be the strip of hardwood framing on top to fix the wire to etc.
So maybe it would cost more $ as with stirrups i would think more bracing would be needed if it was say at least 2.1 high. (Also more $ for concrete and stirrups themselves).
Ta.

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first off, do not build a garden against the side of your house.
try to keep the slab visible at all times all the way around your house.
As this is where termites enter, between the first row of bricks and the slab.

Hardwood does have a natural resistance against termite attack.
some better than others, resistance is the key word.

but if you are in a high activity area , it will still get eaten sooner or later.
probably sooner if you are up north.

I am now finding termite activity in green treated pine posts and edging .

Im not sure about using treated pine around vegetables.
Thats another issue

Please stick with the previous thread that you made on 27 July, otherwise answers to your question become fragmented.
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=53353

A reply to an old thread will bump that thread to the top of page 1.

Regards,


Mike