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Originally Posted by hillbilly Secondly, yes we did treat the wood with a chemical called Chandrite. |
Thats just Kreosate based, we always use the dark one so I can check it has actually been done, they have a clear one aswell but you would never know if it had been used.
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Originally Posted by hillbilly To me the idea of taking a green tree and using it for a support post seemed stupid. |
if it was a horizontal beam it would be stupid as it would just sag as it seasoned, being used as a vertical post it has great compressive strength, but I still think it would shrink or move slightly as it weathered, then again all buildings settle to a certain degree, it's probably not good practise using green wood but I should think that 99.9 percent of the times you would get away with minimal shrinkage, Don't suppose there are any log cabin Canadian builders on the board with a better idea?
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