Universal Forest Products

The Borate Treatment Process:
Quality Assured

To produce borate-treated lumber products, lumber and plywood are treated with a borate solution to ensure deep penetration. Borates (naturally occurring mineral salts) are forced into lumber through a vacuum and pressure process, leaving the finished product protected against termites—particularly the Formosan termite—and rot and decay.

Universal’s ProWood Borate products are produced under strict quality-control standards and procedures. Both independent inspectors and the treatment plants themselves rigorously monitor the treated wood for quality before it’s sent to the job site. Furthermore, the effectiveness of borate treatment has recently been recognized by the ICC (International Code Council), the country’s most authoritative model code.

As proof of their quality and durability, ProWood Borate products have a lifetime limited warranty.