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RAINBOW CONSTRUCTION

100% Natural Cedar, Redwood and Cypress Construction
 

When purchasing a Rainbow Play System, you are making the environmentally correct choice.
Rainbow Play Systems, Inc. is proud to be using timber, America's greatest renewable resource!

We have chosen cedar and redwood for the same reasons homeowners choose them for their decks and siding. They both rank the highest in dimensional stability among commercially harvested woods, which means they split less, warp less, twist less and shrink less. They also hold paint better, and are virtually free of sticky pitch pockets and resins.

Cedar and redwood are also naturally decay resistant, which means they do not have to be treated with possibly toxic chemicals to last for years outdoors. Our lumber purchasers visit the sawmills several times a year to select the highest quality lumber for your Rainbow Play System.

Finest Materials Redwood, cedar and cypress

Rainbow Play Systems has mandated to our suppliers to adhere to one of two major forest initiatives. The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) calls for third party inspections of forestlands for sustain-ability and habitat use. Certification has been set up to certify mills to produce "Certified Lumber." Certified means timber has been approved to be har-vested under an agreement reached in cooperation with scientists, environmental groups and foresters so as not to harm watersheds around streams, wildlife, soil erosion, and to ensure no one area is over-harvested.

 
Workability
Paint
Holding
Freedom
from
Shrinking
Freedom
from
Warping
Freedom
from Pitch
(resin)
Decay
Resistance
California Redwood
H
H
H
H
H
H
Western Red Cedar
H
H
H
H
H
H
Cypress
H
H
H
H
H
H
Southern Pine
H
L
I
I
L
I
Douglas-fir-larch
I
L
I
I
I
I
Englemann spruce-
lodgepole pine
I
L
I
I
H
L

H = Among woods high in the characteristic listed.
I = Among woods intermediate in that respect.
L = Among woods low in that respect.

Source: How to Buy Construction Lumber,
            Univ. of Wisconsin-Extension/Madison.

Our mills will be providing us with a plentiful supply of timber on into perpetuity. We at Rainbow Play Systems are proud to be "green", using America's greatest renewable resource! You should be too!

For further information contact the California Redwood Association (CRA) at 1-415-382-0662 or the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association (WRCLA) at 1-630-396-2828.

 

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