Preserving History:
Ranger Operations Building Using SaferWood Roofing
Grand Canyon's historic ranger operations building rehabilitated using Chemco-treated fire resistand cedar shakes. Download case study (PDF)
SaferWood Newsletter
Your resource for issues surrounding wood as a fire-safe and approved building material for use in the Wildland Urban Interface. SaferWood Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 1 (PDF)
Medal Winner
While preparing for the 2002 Olympic games, planners organizing a facelift for Snow Basin (Utah’s downhill skiing venue) insisted that the wood roofing of the new buildings be fire resistant. CedarPlus shakes, pressure-treated with Thermex-FR to make them fire resistant, were selected for use from the British Columbia-based Clarke Group. Read more.
Home Survives Fire
The reliability of SaferWood products to resist scorching heat and flames was proven in dramatic fashion to one Oceanside homeowner in late 2001 as he watched in horror while his adjacent neighbor’s home became an inferno. His own home, roofed with SaferWood-treated cedar shakes, was scorched in the incident but never caught fire. Download case study (PDF)
SaferWood Video Library
HGTV recently visited the Leavenworth Lodge, featuring this stunning fire resistant log home on their "I want that" TV Servies.
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View a homeowner discussing how Chemco-treated roofing helped save their home from fire, while homes around them burned down.
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