Flameproof Companies Blog

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May 19, 2021

A Letter from our C.E.O.

To our valued customers: I want to offer perspective on the unprecedented circumstances currently affecting the lumber and plywood markets nationwide, as we move into the heart of the season.…
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June 10, 2020

Trending In Design (and Durability): ipe Wood

Ipe is a hardwood from Brazil that’s very hard. It’s strength has been compared to that of steel, and most often it needs to be pre-drilled before pieces are connected. Similar in…
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March 17, 2020

Chicago Flameproof Launches YouTube Channel

Chicago Flameproof has launched a YouTube Channel. Visit and subscribe by clicking here.
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February 24, 2020

Commercial Materials Delivery – Meet Our Fleet

We understand that safe, on-time job site delivery is one of the most important services we provide. No matter the job site or storage conditions, our licensed delivery crews get…
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December 30, 2019

Meet the Sales Team: Tim Cole

Tim Cole has served as Chicago Flameproof’s Inside Sales Manager since March 2018. For more than a decade, Tim worked as a journeyman carpenter for a major general contractor in…
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November 26, 2018

Specifying and Using Fire Retardant & Preservative Treated Wood

Our good friends at the Western Wood Preservers Institute have created some excellent resources to assist Industry professionals in gaining an increased understanding of how fire retardant & preservative treated…
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November 20, 2018

“It needs to be PT & FRTW.”

One of the purposes of this blog is to help increase reader's knowledge and understanding of what we do in the Wood Treatment Industry and how that impacts you and…
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November 20, 2018

You want an ALTERNATIVE?

 Alternative Materials & Methods and the Emergence of Spray-Applied Fire Retardants. With the emergence of spray-applied fire retardants and other topically applied systems, I feel that it’s only pertinent to…