On Jan 10, 9:09*pm, " wrote:
On Jan 10, 6:58 pm, RicodJour wrote:



On Jan 10, 6:45 pm, "J.A.Michel" wrote:

I picked up about 40 2x4's on sale today. The intent is to use them to
finish my basement at some point in the future. They were too good of a
deal to pass up, but I won't finishing my basement for some time to come.

So I intend to just stack them and store them in the basement. Is there
anything special I should do like set them on cleats or strap the stack to
prevent warping? The basement is clean, dry and heated / cooled.

Yep, exactly. Set them up on some wood blocks so the bottom boards
are dead flat. It's probably not necessary to sticker them if they're
already dry and the basement is conditioned. Strapping them isn't a
bad idea - ratchet tie-downs would be nice, or you could weight down
the top with concrete block.


they will dry futher in your basement, and likely warp.

I wrote: "if they're already dry" - seems to me that's pretty clear
terminology.

on a good note they will make excellent fire wood...........

You're jumping the gun. If the OP has reasonably dry lumber to start,
puts them in conditioned space, and restrains them from moving,
where's the problem? He's going to be using them for framing out a
basement, not making furniture.

lumber sold today is grown quicly in a farm like arangement, look at
the growth rings they are BIG, this makes the lumber much less stable

Of course newer lumber is less desirable, but maybe the OP lucked out
and discovered some "NOS" 2xs.

R