Phil Thien
03-03-2007, 8:41 PM
Last week's Bob Vila show (I know, I know...) had a specialist that "kiln" dries new construction. Essentially, after a house is framed and sheathed, they close any openings and circulate hot, dry air using a truck-mounted furnace and air handler. Idea is to dry things out to the point of preventing mold.
Anyhow, the specialist drove two screws through the face of a 2-by and touched the pins of his high-end meter to the pins. He said this gave a better indication of the internal moisture content. The reading was several percentage points higher than the reading he got touching the meter's pins to the 2-by's surface.
I thought, "clever," but then it occured to me that the makers of the meter may not anticipate such fantastic contact w/ the lumber, and this may throw the readings way off.
Anyone ever seen this done before?
Anyhow, the specialist drove two screws through the face of a 2-by and touched the pins of his high-end meter to the pins. He said this gave a better indication of the internal moisture content. The reading was several percentage points higher than the reading he got touching the meter's pins to the 2-by's surface.
I thought, "clever," but then it occured to me that the makers of the meter may not anticipate such fantastic contact w/ the lumber, and this may throw the readings way off.
Anyone ever seen this done before?