Comments on: Urban Rancher has a Galvalume Roof http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/2009/11/09/urban-rancher-has-a-galvalume-roof/ more attainable & sustainable Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:19:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathrin Bateman http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/2009/11/09/urban-rancher-has-a-galvalume-roof/comment-page-1/#comment-6404 Kathrin Bateman Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:21:50 +0000 http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/?p=3115#comment-6404 We used some ipe for exterior decking and inside windowsills and a porch floor. It was supposedly sustainably harvested so I felt okay about it weighing in that it would need no finish to keep it from rotting. However we've noticed some bugs apparently arrived with the wood and ate their way out leaving a few little holes. We don't mind the holes much but I am worried about introducing pest species that would create havoc in our NE forests. I think we're okay since our winter temps get well below what the Brazilian jungle gets but I'd be pretty worried if I lived in a warm climate. I'll also not take the risk again of importing wood from another eco-system. After hundreds of acres being clear-cut in the Northeast to stem the onslaught of various introduced pests I certainly don't want to be responsible for the next disaster. We used some ipe for exterior decking and inside windowsills and a porch floor. It was supposedly sustainably harvested so I felt okay about it weighing in that it would need no finish to keep it from rotting. However we’ve noticed some bugs apparently arrived with the wood and ate their way out leaving a few little holes. We don’t mind the holes much but I am worried about introducing pest species that would create havoc in our NE forests. I think we’re okay since our winter temps get well below what the Brazilian jungle gets but I’d be pretty worried if I lived in a warm climate. I’ll also not take the risk again of importing wood from another eco-system. After hundreds of acres being clear-cut in the Northeast to stem the onslaught of various introduced pests I certainly don’t want to be responsible for the next disaster.

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