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Can we talk about the warning I got on the pressure treated lumber at Home Depot yesterday?
I overheard a contractor telling the yard guy that a specific batch of 2x6s (look for a green stamp with 2024) was treated too wet and would warp bad after a week. He showed me a stack that already had cupping and he said he refused delivery on a whole job site last month. Anyone else ever have a whole deck go crooked because of bad wood right off the pallet?
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hugo_nelson4d ago
Buddy of mine rebuilt his whole porch twice because of wet lumber.
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adams.vera4d ago
TWO TIMES? Oh wow @hugo_nelson, that is just BRUTAL. I can't even imagine the frustration of doing all that work and then watching it warp or rot out a second time. That lumber yard should be ASHAMED for selling wet wood without a warning label or something. Your buddy must have the patience of a saint because I would have lost my MIND after the first rebuild. I've seen what happens when you dry wet lumber too fast, all those cracks and splits are a NIGHTMARE. Seriously, that guy deserves a medal for not just burning the whole porch down and starting fresh with concrete.
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