Posted: Aug 08, 2017 6:26 am
The_Piper wrote:We still haves homes being built with trees cut on-site where I live.
Untreated, unseasoned wood?
Sounds like a recipe for cracking/splitting, parasites, rot and fire risk.
I'm no carpentry expert, but even I know that construction wood should be cut and dried slowly to an ideal moisture content for strength, stability, and flexibility, and pressure treated to prevent rot & parasites, ideally with something fire retardant. Pressure treatment cannot penetrate much if the wood is not seasoned.
Maybe there are effective shortcuts I am unaware of?