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Cost and demographic location will be the determining factor when deciding which hardware to use when ordering your adirondack chairs. With our standard orders, we supply galvanized coated deck screws, but, if your budget allows, stainless steel or brass can be used.

Galvanized Deck Screws - For as long as we've been building our chairs we've used high quality wood deck screws. In climates without salt air these screws have stood up the challenge in all of our chairs. Considered among the strongest of screws, the galvanized deck screws keep the cost of the chair the lowest possible.

Stainless Steel Screws - If your main location is within 25 miles of the ocean's coast, then stainless steel is the screw to use. Although it's the highest in cost, it will withstand the salt elements in both the air and the rain it comes in contact with. Stainless steel is the surest option for guaranteeing the longevity of the hardware and the wood to match.

Brass Screws - Brass is more of a mid cost and focal attribute when deciding which hardware to use. The brass is more expensive than the galvanized screws, but less expensive than stainless steel. Brass also has the bright gold look effect in the beginning then turns to dark copper. The brass screw is the choice to go one step further than deck screws, but not as high in cost as stainless steel.

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The galvanized deck screw is the screw of choice in our pine chairs. This screw has proven to withstand all weather elements not near the outlying coast.

Stainless Steel is the screw of choice when the location of the chairs is going to be near the coast. The stainless steel will withstand the salt elements and hold up long after the rest of the chair has deteriorated.

We use carriage bolts for the front legs and the arm paddles where they attach to the back support. Carriage bolts do not catch on clothes or kids as they're passing the chairs. When ordering the chairs in stainless or brass, your carriage bolts will be upgraded also.

Lag bolts are used where the back meets the bottom legs of the chairs. By standard we use a 5/16th" x 3" lag bolt in all our chairs except the economy chair. This chair only gets screws in that are.

Untreated and Unfinished Southern Yellow Pine

Using treated wood saves a forest the size of our smallest state each year and creates more than $3 billion in savings for the utility and transportation industries.

While current information indicates the environmental risks are negligible there are considerable environmental and economic advantages supporting the use of pressure treated wood. The economics are relatively easy to calculate.

A residential deck built with untreated jack pine has an average life of five to 10 years compared with a pressure treated jack pine deck which lasts up to 50 years. The material replacement costs alone, without considering labor, make pressure treated wood an obvious choice.

In industrial applications, pressure treated wood makes a significant contribution towards environmental protection while providing substantive costs savings to business and society in general. Treated wood products are used for utility poles, highway retaining barriers, docks, bridges and railway ties. All of these products are considerably less expensive than alternatives. Since most of these uses involve public service organizations, such as power, telephone, cable television companies and railways, these substantive savings work to keep costs down so that everyone benefits from the relatively low costs and long life span of pressure treated wood products.

While wood from some species of trees naturally lasts longer than others, all wood eventually succumbs to the elements and living enemies. Insects, fungi and other microorganisms feed and live on the wood causing it to decay. Wood that is in direct contact with the ground and/or water is especially susceptible to these conditions. But the process of pressure treating wood helps protect it from these destructive elements, extending its service life significantly.

The treatment process involves forcing stable and leach resistant preservatives deep into the wood cells where they remain for decades to protect the wood and ensure its structural integrity.

Equally important is the fact that the treating process doesn't alter the wood's essential characteristics - it continues to look and feel good for decades. Treated wood maintains its structural integrity longer. It is no more susceptible to natural phenomenons such as shrinking, swelling, splitting or warping than untreated wood. It simply is more durable and lasts longer.

As you can see from these pictures, pressure treated southern yellow pine has a green tint to the wood. The green is from the oils they used to treat the wood. once the wood dries, it weather to a light gray. The chairs will always withstand the elements but should be treated with water repellent each year.

We use pressure treated pine on more than 50% of our orders. This is because the chairs can be put our into the weather as soon as you receive them. The pressure treated chairs can withstand being outside from southern Florida to northern Alaska. These chairs are built with outstanding qualities.