That would be great. I wasn't sure how to deal with the new corrosive wood treatments. One magazine I read suggested inert spacers between the wood and the metal or increasing the galvanizing. Might as well let Simpson deal with the problem. My e-mail address is:
Robert.S.Tucker@usace.army.mil...
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