On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:50:37 -0800 (PST), Red
wrote:

On Jan 10, 7:14*pm, Maria wrote:

I am the new homeowner of a 1927 Craftsman bungalow and am very
concerned after finding the unfinished attic is extremely moist to the
point that the wood is damp to the touch and has what is now
crystallized material on some. *

I'm guessing that a house that old that has 'crystallized material' on
the wood was probably built with heartwood pine. If so, it is mostly
impervious to damage from moisture.

So youre saying that either she is mistaking the crystal stuff for
moisture, or she has moisture but they are two unrelated things.

I've seen amber-colored stuff on the outside of old wood, pine, I
guess. It comes from inside the wood.

Saw on the news that they took down the Rockefeller Center Xmas tree
and in place, the sawed into lumber. The trunk at least.



Red