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nealtw
Contractor retired
No but the wood will get wet evertime he washes the concrete and will not be able to dry fast. $40 now or a n ugle fix later.
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Chris
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Window will come out before sheeting. Was gonna use treated on the bottom but I have not had a bit of luck with the new California acceptable treated wood. It falls apart faster than plain Doug fir. I miss the days of chromated copper arsenate. I think they use hemp fir now and when they inject it it compromises the wood itself. Every single one I used on my fence is tearing itself apart and splintering to pieces. I don't get it.
I am ok with the DF on the concrete, heck we get about two days of rain a year.
I am ok with the DF on the concrete, heck we get about two days of rain a year.
nealtw
Contractor retired
Ya and when you cut into it looks like it was just a surface stain.
nealtw
Contractor retired
Are you planning on finishing the inside.
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Chris
Guest
Definitely just a surface stain. Not gonna finish the inside. Just shelves with crap on them.
nealtw
Contractor retired
Ok then I won't give you a bad time about the missing stud in the corners.:trophy:
slownsteady
Well-Known Member
OSB in a shed in NJ would last about a week,,,
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Chris
Guest
It's a shed. This one is ten times as strong as the ones sold as kits, those are a joke.
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Chris
Guest
Duplicate.........
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Chris
Guest
I agree osb anywhere else would fall apart. We don't have moisture here.
nealtw
Contractor retired
It's great stuff, you buy 1/2 and two weeks later it just turns into 3/4 inch, no extra charge but it never delaminates so we never have to remove it and replace it.
Adventech flooring looks like OSB can be out in the rain for up to six weeks before a house can be water tight and it never swells up and is never a problem and much easier to put down than plywood. Plywood is subject to the plant it came from, some good, some not so much.
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Chris
Guest
Osb does great in this area. It is also rated for some exposure before being covered but I can't remember how long.
If we built homes like they do back east they would either last forever or fall apart because they dried out.
If we built homes like they do back east they would either last forever or fall apart because they dried out.
nealtw
Contractor retired
Hows the lumber down there we build mostly with wet lumber because you can straighten it as you build. The bad part of summer here is the lumber dries out and is really hard to deal with.
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Chris
Guest
Same here. It's all green when it hit the yard and you have to built quick before it starts twisting and warping.
nealtw
Contractor retired
When it get around 80 here we call it Augest lumber but then when it freezes in the winter it splits when you nail it. Then the rest of the time it just rains.
I think a house in a dry climate must cost a fraction of house in wet climate.
It is so wet around here nobody uses sprinklers in the summer, we are just hoping the ground will dry out. Today was first hot and muggy day of the whole summer and probably the last.
In the winter it snows every day and requires shoveling. Spring run offs can cause problems.
The monsoon is ending soon in Goa and they will build some seasonal huts.
It is so wet around here nobody uses sprinklers in the summer, we are just hoping the ground will dry out. Today was first hot and muggy day of the whole summer and probably the last.
In the winter it snows every day and requires shoveling. Spring run offs can cause problems.
The monsoon is ending soon in Goa and they will build some seasonal huts.
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Chris
Guest
I bet they cost about the same. We just have different issues to deal with.
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Chris
Guest
Did some more work on the shed before work today.
BTW that Lowes siding is pretty crappy, it doesn't sit flat to save it's life. I should have gone with a good PLY T1-11 over this pressboard looking stuff. Looks like I'm gonna have to seal the heck out of it.
BTW that Lowes siding is pretty crappy, it doesn't sit flat to save it's life. I should have gone with a good PLY T1-11 over this pressboard looking stuff. Looks like I'm gonna have to seal the heck out of it.
inspectorD
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Seal the heck out of any cut edged pieces... that is where they wick the water.
