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Green or Dried, Pro & Con

03/12/2009 - 16:26
thom
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Hi everyone,
I'm looking to build within the next year and have made a choice of the wood species (Eastern White Pine) with logs at a minimum of 10 inches. I'd like to get some views on any advantages or disadvantages on green or dried logs for construction.
I would also like to hear from anyone who has built with green logs and who owns one.

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03/12/2009 - 19:27
StressMan79
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...It depends

are you talking BnP construction? I would be fine either way. If you are doing saddle notch, etc the green will settle A LOT.

If you are doing bnp, you'll really want to take the class, if you learn one thing you didn't know, it will have paid for itself.

good luck!

-Peter

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03/13/2009 - 04:44
rocklock
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Green logs... again

Thom...
Logs take about 1 inch per year to dry... Hence, all log home built with real logs are green. Even kiln dried stick frame home shrink a little.
My log home is built with logs that were cut in Jan, peeled by May and stacked in July.
You can see pictures of my home below.
Best of luck

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03/15/2009 - 19:25
thom
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Green or Dry

Thanks for your replies. It seems whether it was dry or not, the only thing that appears different is the amount of shrinkage that will happen. I can deal with that.