The truth about ECO, sustainable and plantation timber

First of all, dont get me wrong, I am not a die hard greeny that chains myself to trees or anything like that. How ever I dont like how companies that tell lies in order to sell their products. All I am doing in this post is informing you of the facts.

Eco and sustainable are words that  get used to sell all different types of products.

ECO and sustainable are words that are not regulated and there is no benchmark set for people who wish to use it for selling their products. The definition of free range eggs has more meaning and everyone knows what a joke that is !

In reality its another sales pitch by big companies to try and make people feel good about choosing their products.

In the case of timber building products  it gets used a lot. You have products like Eco ply, eco timber, plantation timber and the list goes on.

First of all Plantation timber is not ECO friendly or sustainable!!!!!!

ask these questions:

What was on the land before the tree Plantation was there ? ( most likely a natural Forrest)

What happens to the native animals and plants when these forrest are destroyed and burnt ?

How do they stop bugs and native wildlife from eating the seedlings ? ( aerial spraying )

where do these sprays go when it rains ( into the rivers)

How do they stop the native animals that eat the seedlings ? (poison)

What other practises do these big multi national companies do oversees ? ( you’l see in one of the links below)

I grew up in a town surrounded by these ECO  plantations, people don’t even drink the water out of the tap in my town  now.

Check this link out     http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/somethingwater/default.htm

This is just 1 story out of thousands but its close to my heart !!!

 

The link below is a good example , search for a Malaysian logging company called TA AAN. 

http://taann.net/tag/sarawak/

http://www.industrysearch.com.au/Malaysian-timber-company-panicked-into-TAS-campaign/n/57360

 Steel is a far more ECO friendlyand sustainable product !

Why :

Its 100% recyclable

Australia has mountains of it

The industry is not as spread out as Tree plantations

You don’t need to cut down and burn as many virgin forest

These are just a few reasons off the top my head.

Its termite resistant.

It last forever.

Make up your own mind?

EPS cladding V’s Blue board

This one is a no brain er guys, it stuns me that some builders are still choosing to use blue board over EPS or polystyrene.

As a solid plasterer and carpenter I have spent a lot of years working with these products and believe me there is no comparison.

EPS leaves blue board for dead full stop !!

 

 

I can guarantee that blue board will :

• Show every join through the render no matter how good the render er is after a couple of months.
• It hates moisture
• its hard and dusty to cut
• It has no insulation value
• Trades people hate it
• with in a year it will look old and horrible

EPS is :

• Virtually the same price hung and rendered as blue board
• Has excellent insulation qualities
• If installed and rendered properly, it will not crack
• Water resistant
• Easy to install
• Fully recyclable

In my opinion EPS is far superior to blue board