Building a cabin with green lumber?

[drobertson]

Slider, this is exactly how one customer does his, 16# felt then sides, it looks pretty good,  david

[ATLGA]

what about insects in the wood????   :-\

[Ianab]

The bugs that attack green wood are different from the ones that will infest dry wood.

So any bug that is in the green wood is either going to mature and fly away, looking for more green wood, or die as the wood dries out.

Now you could still get an infestation of the dry wood species, once the wood is dry. But that's exactly the same as if the wood was kiln dried first.

Ian

[drobertson]

My thought on this always boils down to what did the pilgrim's do? wait for everything to be perfect?  they knew how to chink and live, green is green, and dry is dry,  techniques for both, one must know the differences and make the adjustments, just the way it is,  david