NATRL PINE SIDING WITH SAFERWOOD THERMEX-FR

REAL WOOD. MADE SAFER.

Arbor Wood is now available with SaferWood Thermex-FR by Chemco, Inc. Since 1981, this industry-leading exterior fire retardant treatment renders wood “ignition resistant” having passed extended surface burning tests and weathering as required by ASTM and model building codes, including:

International Building Code [IBC]
International Residential Code [IRC]
International Wildland Urban Interface Code [IWUIC]

Arbor Wood with SaferWood Thermex-FR is compliant with Chapter 7A WUI of the California Building Code [CBC] and California Residential Code [CRC], and is CALFIRE SFM Listed.

Arbor Wood is proud to partner with SaferWood to offer world-class Thermowood FRTW siding and decking. SaferWood products are highly sought-after and specified by leading architects, designers, and developers, and accepted by code and fire officials because of their best-in-class appearance, proven performance, longevity, and reputation for consistent high quality.

Specification

TESTING AND TECHNICAL CREDENTIALS
- Ignition Resistant (IR) per 2018 IWUIC Section 503.2, Item 3, FRTW
- Fire Retardant (FR) pressure treatment per 2018 IBC 2303.2.1
- Class A Fire-Test Response per ASTM E84/UL 723 Extended 30 Minutes
- ASTM E2768, Test Method for Extended Duration Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials
- ASTM D2898 Accelerated Weathering: “800 inch rain test” before ASTM E2768.
- ICC-ES Certified ESR-1159 (USA)
- ICC-ES Certified ESL-1021 (Canada)
- CAN/ULC S102: Standard Method of Test for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials and Assemblies
- U.S. Navy QPL under performance specification MIL-L-19140E Lumber & Plywood, Fire Retardant Treated.
- ThermoWood FC certificates

Technical specification

Unique ref.natrl-pine-siding-with-saferwood-thermex-fire-retardant-thermowood
Product familySaferWood Thermex-FR
Product groupFire-Retardant Siding
TypeObject (single object)
Date of publishing2025-10-17
Edition number1

Links

Product urlhttps://arborwoodco.com/saferwood-thermex-fr
Technical descriptionhttps://arborwoodco.com/s/Chemco-Tech-Sheets-Ver-10.pdf

Material mainThermally Modified Wood
Designed inUnited States
Manufactured inUnited States

Classification

BIMobject CategoryWalls - Cladding
Uniclass 2015 CodePr_35_31_67
Uniclass 2015 DescriptionPreservative, additives and fire-retardant treatments
CSI MasterFormat 2014 Code06 05 73.13
CSI MasterFormat 2014 TitleFire-Retardant Wood Treatment
OmniClass Number23-15 21 23 15 11 11
OmniClass TitleFire Retardant Treatment

Region availability

North America
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Caribbean Netherlands
Cayman Islands
Collectivity of Saint Martin
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curaçao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint-Barthélemy
Sint Maarten
The Bahamas
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
United States