Ba r r y wrote:

You get NO kiln dried construction lumber in California?

Way back when Builders Square was still in operation, they supplied kiln
dried lumber, but I would bet at least 90% of the construction lumber in
SoCal is "wet", but NBD.

Stack it up in the SoCal sun for a couple of weeks and it is bone dry
and hasn't warped.

At least the stuff I buy hasn't warped.

Coming from the Midwest where kiln dried lumber was standard, I asked
about why the SoCal lumber was wet.

The answer I got was that Doug fir could be used wet without problems,
but not Spruce which is why so much of it shows up back east.

YMMV

Lew





Lew