Design Pine
Engineered - Tanalised Clear H3 LOSP Treated - Ready to paint
The process of finger jointing and laminating radiata pine allows producers to manufacture an engineered timber product that is straighter, stronger and easier to use than solid radiata. Add Tanalised® clear H3 LOSP treatment and the product becomes a highly durable timber able to withstand hazardous conditions including attack from borers, termites and rot.

Design Pine® is the ITI range of finger jointed and laminated Tanalised® clear H3 LOSP treated radiata pine. Design Pine® is covered by the Tanalised® 25 year guarantee and has one major advantage over similar products, Design Pine® now comes in BLUE, but don't be confused this is not just a change in colour, but a revolution in paint technology.

Design Pine® makes painting as easy as putting on the topcoat. The new Design Pine® is coated with a genuine primer, which is ready for painting.

What makes design pine different?
LOSP treatment of timber is a highly efficient and successful means of treating and protecting cut timber. However, the removal of excess solvents from the process can leave residues of resin acids and waxes on the surface, which may transfer through normal, high quality, solvent borne primers causing overcoating problems with waterborne topcoats. Design Pine® is coated with a new high quality solvent borne primer which has been developed over 3 years by Resene.

This new Design Pine® primer has been extensively evaluated for compatibility with all major Australasian top coats and has proved to be successful. Design Pine® primer also helps to prevent moisture transmission, improving the overall water and humidity resistance of the timber.

Available Sizing & Profiles

Design Pine Profiles			Structural Joists, Rafters, Framing, & Battens
Finished Size	Profiles	Lengths	Finished Size	Grade	Lengths
66x11	DAR	5.4	66x30	F7	4.8-6.0
90x11	DAR	5.4	90x30	F7	5.4
18x18	DAR	5.4	138x30	F7	4.8-6.0
30x18	DAR	5.4	185x30	F7	5.4
42x18	DAR	5.4	230x30	F7	5.4
66x18	DAR	5.4	280x30	F7	5.4
90x18	DAR	5.4	66x42	F7	4.8-6.0, 7.2
116x18	DAR	5.4	90x42	F7	4.8-6.0, 7.2
138x18	DAR	5.4	138x42	F7	3.6-7.2
185x18	DAR	5.4	185x42	F7	3.6-7.2
230x18	DAR	5.4	230x42	F7	3.6-7.2
280x18	DAR	5.4	280x42	F7	3.6-7.2
230x25	DAR	5.4	Design Pine Structural Beams
30x30	DAR	5.4	Finished Size	Grade	Lengths
42x30	DAR	5.4	140x65	GL8	3.6-7.2
42x42	DAR	5.4	180x65	GL8	3.6-7.2
18x18	QUAD	5.4	240x65	GL8	3.6-7.2
23x23	QUAD	5.4	280x65	GL8	3.6-7.2
18x18	SCOTIA	5.4	Design Pine Structural Post
31x31	SCOTIA	5.4	Finished Size	Grade	Lengths
180x18	Weather Board	4.8-7.2	88x66	F8	3.6-7.2
230x18	BEVEL	5.4	88x88	F8	2.4-7.2
66x30	BOTTOMRAIL	5.4	112x112	F8	2.4-7.2
80x30	BOTTOMRAIL	5.4	135x135	F8	2.4-7.2
66x42	HANDRAIL	5.4
88x42	HANDRAIL	5.4
180x19	FASCIA	4.8-7.2
180x25	FASCIA	4.8-7.2
185x30	FASCIA	4.8-7.2
190x30	FASCIA	3.6-7.2
230x30	FASCIA	3.6-7.2

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Applications

Design Pine® comes in a wide range of products, which can be used in all above ground outdoor applications both structual and decorative. These include but are not limited to such uses as follows:

Structual

• Pergola / verandah beams and posts
• Pergola battening
• Pergola rafters
• Beams for external cantilever decks
• Carports beams, posts and rafters

Decorative

• Hand rail / bottom rail
• Balusters
• Barge boards / large fascia
• Skirting

Light colours will give the best results

Remember timber is a natural material and thus the use of light coloured topcoats is recommended. Dark colours tend to heat up more and this may lead to problems such as surface cracking and gum bleeding.

Keeping your home attractive and protected

Annual washing of your home will help maintain its fresh appearance. For an instant fresh appearance regularly wash down with a mild detergent diluted as recommended with water. Apply the diluted solution with a soft broom. Wash off with copious amounts of fresh water. Most detergents can have a negative effect on fish life so avoid letting the washings run off into the stormwater system.

Why choose timber

Timber is the only renewable building material, and Design Pine® comes from plantation forests. Trees absorb greenhouse gases during growth while releasing oxygen into the atmosphere and storing carbon as wood fibre. Timber also uses little energy to produce as compared to other building materials.

Painting

Design Pine® is best overcoated within 6 weeks of installation for optimum finish results:

• Remove all dirt etc, and prime all bare areas with Design Pine® primer
• Apply two topcoats of either a solvent based or acrylic top quality paint
• If the primer surface is exposed to the weather for an extended period the surface may become chalky. If this happens sanding & re-priming are required.

Fixings

While LOSP is non corrosive to metal fixings, galvanized steel or other non-corrosive fastners should be used in applications that are exposed to the weather.

Cutting

As recommended with all treated timber, any cuts or notches should be resealed with Enseal clear and coated with Design Pine® primer.

Disposal of off-cuts

LOSP off-cuts and sawdust are non hazardous waste and thus for normal domestic and trade users, waste can be disposed of through normal waste collection. Treated off-cuts and sawdust should not be burnt as domestic fuel nor should it be supplied for mulching or animal bedding.