Cob Re: GBlist: Wood

[Chuck Hinckley]

Kiln dry the wood, that will take care of any pests and make the lumber
more stable and usable.

Chuck Hinckley

Speireag Alden wrote:
> 
> Howdy, all!
> 
>     I will be using local timber, cut on my property, for our house.  I may
> be able to use some which are already down.
> 
>     I hear bug-killed vigas mentioned sometimes.  I also hear about
> pine-borers and such.  Around here, the bugs will pretty reliably get into
> the wood if you let it sit for a year (unless it's stored inside somewhere).
> 
>     How can you safely use such wood?  How do you get rid of pine-borers?
> Do carpenter ants vacate after the wood is dry, or once they're started
> into green wood, are they ensconced and must be poisoned out (or boraxed).
> 
> -Speireag.
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> Speireag Alden, aka Joshua Macdonald Alden
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