Drying Lumber Neander Deck Question, & Panhandle Life

[bridger berdel]

.....it happens once in a while that you have unwelcome guest critters, I have caught a few coach whip snakes in our yard and the neighbors too. I take them to the pasture to let them go.....nasty critters....


Thanks and regards,

Stew

I have neighbors like that too. I find that i have to release them in a field at least a few miles away, or they'll just climb the fence and be back in a few hours....

[Stew Denton]

Hi All,

Today was a warm, sunny, windy day here, and each board shrank an additional 1/16" today.

I took a carefully measurement of the width of one of the cut offs that I doped the ends with water base spar. Today it was 5&17/32nds" wide today. I am hoping to measure it every few days.

I got all of the decking boards for the first section screwed down. Hopefully they will now mind their manners. We will see.

Stew

[Kurt Cady]

With pressure treated deck boards, Butt the sides as tight together as possible. When dried, perfectly even 1/4” gaps.