 After in excess of two hours' heat source contact, Timbersil has suffered some charring. The control structure behind it has burned completely. |
Things seem to be going well for them, and it pleases me when an underdog with a breakthrough product emerges from established-industry opposition and hostility to brighter days.
They were featured just today in a front-page article in the Santa Barbara Independent, which apparently caught the attention of the CBS evening news.
They have 12 distributors providing national coverage these days, with high-profile projects on the ground that include the front walk of the place where they hold the Grammies, a harbor in New Jersey (with full immersion piers), the city of Chicago is using it... plus international projects in China, Japan, Australia, and Europe. It seems to be gaining a great foothold in California for its stunning fire resistance — Class A — and it turns out that accelerated weathering testing is showing that it actually gets more fireproof and stronger as it ages in the environment. (Kiln-dried wood is 40% stronger than treated wood; and Timbersil is 40% stronger than kiln-dried.)
Check out the video of the fire test at the website of Timbersil's distributor in California.
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