TUFFDIP Is a New Product Developed for the Timber Industry to Eliminate the Nationwide

TUFFDIP is a new product developed for the timber industry to eliminate the nationwide problem of premature fence post failure.

EU restriction on the use of CCA chemical treatments has resulted in an unpredictably shorterlifespan for treated fence posts and an apparently insoluble problem for farmers and fencing contractors.

Frustrated by an industry failure to address the issue, two farmers from Herefordshire and the Scottish borders have developed a unique answer to fence post rot.

"The problem as every farmer knows lies in the couple of inches immediately below ground" says Malcolm Leng, one of the owners of Tuffdip, "Seal the in-ground part of the post and, as the Tuffdip slogan says, Job Done!"

Leng and his co-founder Michael Fenton have developed a tough polymer enhanced timber coating which uses very hard bitumen as its base. What is unique is that Tuffdip is appliedcold as a waterbased emulsion and is eco-friendly, non-hazardousand non-toxic. It is available to timber yards to offer pre-treated posts at a small premium for extended life. Tuffdip also sells direct to the smaller user for self-treatment.

"Treatment is simplicity itself" comments Fenton, "new posts are dipped for 10 minutes to cover just the underground portion plus a small margin above ground,thenleft to cure.A few hours later thump them in and,for a tiny cost per post, you have a fence that will outlast any copper treated timber."

Testing has shown that conventionally treated posts remain wet just below ground - typically 40%+ moisture. Tuffdipped posts measured at exactly the same point dry out to well below 15%. The logic is unquestionable. Posts below 20% moisture content resist rot. Tuffdip is the only rot-prevention system which keeps the entirepost dry underground whileallowing the timber above ground to season naturally.

Requiring no heat, no complicated equipment andno need for protective clothing,Tuffdip is simple, effective and inexpensive. For a tiny fractionof the costof a new fence, post life will be lengthened, reducing the frequency and hassle of replacement.

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At last, some goodsense in the industry from a simple British made product.