Ashes in the garden

[weisyboy]

It's probably not a good idea to burn any treated timber, as the chemicals released could be quite harmful to anyone in the vicinity.
Also a very bad idea if you (or anyone in your area) collects rain water for domestic purposes, as the chemicals can settle on roofs and contaminate collected water.

we put a off cut of a treated post in the pot belly and closed it down about 1 minute late there was a defining explosion and the glass in the front of the stone was on the floor and the chimney was crocked.

we burn all treated offcuts outside in a big heap of garden waste. but i live in the contry so it has no one to hurt.

re potash in the garden?

it is good as long as you haven burnt treated timber or camphor laurel as these relise chemicals and will halve the rate of grow of the plants planted in that soil compared to untreated soil.

[rhancock]

It's probably not a good idea to burn any treated timber, as the chemicals released could be quite harmful to anyone in the vicinity.
Also a very bad idea if you (or anyone in your area) collects rain water for domestic purposes, as the chemicals can settle on roofs and contaminate collected water.

I was talking to a bloke at the woodyard recently and he told a story about a guy who used to take home "offcuts" and burn them at home. It took them 18 months to work out why the family was sick all the time. Seems they'd all got arsenic poisoning from burning CCA treated wood.