Watkins Sawmill/Saferwood Chemco

Watkins Sawmills is one of the largest manufacturers of cedar siding and roofing in North America. Family owned and operated since 1947 the company employs over 100 people across their logging, cedar shake & shingle mill, sidewall manufacturing & painting, dry kilns, wholesale & shipping, and two fire retardant treatment facilities (FSR-Fire Smart Roofing in Maple Ridge BC, Canada, and SaferWood by Chemco, Inc., in Ferndale WA, USA), providing IWUIC compliant, ignition-resistant, exterior FRTW.

SaferWood with Thermex-FR by Chemco, Inc., is the premier exterior fire retardant for wood building products. Continuously produced since 1981, SaferWood with Thermex-FR is the world's first and only FRTW evaluated by the International Code Council [ICC] to be compliant with the International Wildland Urban Interface Code (IWUIC) and is the only FRTW to pass California's 10-year natural outdoor weathering test. Backed by the industry's best and only limited lifetime warranty, SaferWood with Thermex-FR is world-class, ignition resistant, appearance grade FRTW.