Certain environments are particularly punishing: few are harsher than the banks of canals, where wood is used to hold back the earth. In this application the wood’s exposure to water, microbe rich soil and - most obviously at the waterline - air, is particularly challenging. In the Netherlands, canal linings were traditionally made using tropical hardwoods but, with this no longer being an option, an alternative is needed.
Accoya® was trialled for this purpose with excellent results. Even after 10 years in the water, exposed to all temperatures from sub-zero to the extremes of the summer sun, the Accoya® trialled emerged with no discernible degradation at all.
Accoya® has recently been for a number of canal lining projects at Voorthuizen, the Netherlands, where 260 linear metres were used.
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