The BoraShield Structural Barrier

Osmotic diffusion enables the BoraShield Structural Barrier to protect - for the lifetime of the structure - all sub-floor members, top and bottom plates, studs, headers, cripples trusses, joists, rafters, girders, all sheathing on the exterior walls inside and out, and the roof sheathing underside. The barrier will never volatize or decay, and its relationship with the home is symbiotic; while the barrier protects the home, the home protects the barrier. However, all treated areas must never be in contact with running water that can leach and wash away the product. The BoraShield Structural Barrier in your home will be certified, warranted and transferable to all future owners.

In a fire, the structural components can fail and collapse under the weight above if adequate fire suppression is too late, this can more than likely necessitate its total replacement under damage assessment. The BoraShield Structural Barrier is a fire retardant; it gains this quality by naturally raising the ignition temperature threshold, thus lowering the spontaneous combustion potential of each structural component. While the structure is protected by the BoraShield Structural Barrier, the super-heated ambient moisture content of the wood combines with the borate salt, this creates a glaze and a thin char layer develops over the surface of the treated wood. Surface burn-through of the ignited escaping gases becomes impeded thus protecting the structural integrity. The barrier is physically limited, but it will extend precious seconds for fire suppression to these critical structural components, thereby reducing the potential of structural collapse and extended loss.

The BoraShield Structural Barrier can eliminate the use of conventional and unfriendly pest chemicals to your environment and in your home. It has insecticidal and fungicidal properties effective against wood destroying insects, other pests, and fungi for the life of the structure. Molds that grow inside the walls such as Cladosporium, Penicillium and Alternaria associated with negative health effects, and the potentially lethal Stachybotrys Atra are highly vulnerable to the borate salt and therefore, are growth inhibited while the structure dries out during construction, or from high humidity due to a construction flaw or mechanical defect. Affected Wood-Destroying Organisms include but not limited to the following targeted in the Northwest: Carpenter Ants, Subterranean Termites; Basidiomycete fungi; and Powder-Post beetles. Household pests such as Odorous House (sugar) Ants, pill bugs, silverfish and roaches have similar biology and vulnerabilities as their wood destroying cousins and therefore, they too will succumb to the affects of the barrier. Future pest problems will likely be a thing of the past because most of these harbor or traverse inside the walls where the barrier does its work.

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