Standard cc66 column cap sitting on ACR PTT – without vycor or wrap, CORROSION CITY? Or ok?
Talk me off the ledge here.
I realized it would have been better if my CC66 column cap was the HDG kind, but since this will be a covered deck and its still a lot of thickness my friends are telling me i should be ok. Im just worried because i have read that this ACQ type D .40 pressure treated wood can be more corrosive than i had considered when i first was building and spec-ing this deck.
Short of taking the beam down, is there any way i can further weatherize and protect the metal column cap and the PTT 6×6 posts from reacting. I was thinking about getting the galvi column cap and replacing, losing a day or two in the process, but i am being told it ahould be fine. Im seattle weather so maybe some wetness from horizontal rain but this should mainly be covered with rainescape membrane.
i was thinking about bending open the cap a little and putting in some tar paper or felt or somehing or sprayng something. Any thoughts? I was just in the mondset of making a super long lasting deck and am feeling the burn of not perfectly chosen materials. Thanks