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Using Air Dried Cedar
By:Ken
Date: 3/15/2001, 9:52 pm

Yesterday I picked up a bunch of air dried flat sawn Western Red Cedar (after 3 weeks of looking around this was all I could find). It looks dry enough to use in my opinion. The lumber yard estimated the moisture content at 15%. It will probably be about 2 weeks before I lay the first strip.

Have I just bought a handfull of trouble because of the moisture content or is this stuff probably ok to use?

Ken

Messages In This Thread

Using Air Dried Cedar
Ken -- 3/15/2001, 9:52 pm
Re: Using Air Dried Cedar
Geo. Cushing -- 3/29/2001, 9:52 pm
Re: Using Air Dried Cedar
Ken -- 3/30/2001, 5:41 am
Re: Using Air Dried Cedar
Geo. Cushing -- 3/30/2001, 4:57 pm
Re: Not to worry
Grant Goltz -- 3/16/2001, 9:33 am
Re: Using Air Dried Cedar
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/16/2001, 12:05 am
Re: Using Air Dried Cedar
Ken -- 3/16/2001, 1:12 am
Re: Using Air Dried Cedar
Don Campbell -- 3/15/2001, 10:57 pm
Re: Using Air Dried Cedar
Ken -- 3/16/2001, 1:16 am