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General Forestry => Drying and Processing => Topic started by: Rebeldad1 on August 14, 2021, 01:13:58 PM
Would like to know what the moisture reading should
be to stack cedar boards without stickers?
Thanks!!!
With Western Red Cedar, less than 15% mc has worked for me.
I'd like to piggy back on here - I had the same question about white pine. Do you think any wood would pretty much be dead stackable at 15%
Yes, at that point, it would be fine. Remember that many kiln dried studs are only dried to 15%, and many areas of the country only air dry to about that anyway, generally 13% to 15%.
Under about 19% mould and fungus can't grow on the wood, so 15% will be safe. The closer you get to equilibrium the better, but locally that's about 14% anyway.
If you are dead stacking, make 100% sure water can't get at it. If water drips into a dead stack it can't get out quickly, and then bad things happen.