Anchor piles shall be of Pinus species, treated to H5 of NZS 3640. Where a timber pile
is cut, notched, bored or otherwise processed after treatment the processed area shall be well dried (no visible wetness and dry to touch) and be brush-treated with a liberal application of either creosote, zinc napthenate, TBTO (bis-(tri-n-butyltin) oxide) or TBTN (bis-(tri-n-butyltin) napthenate). The surface shall not be cut for fixings and other purposes closer than 150mm to the finished ground leve