Lew Hodgett wrote:
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.


Out here around Balmore/Washington DC all the constrauction grade
lumber is kiln dried to ~ 12%. Green lumber would rot on the
shelf.

'Kiln dried' lumber is not all dreid to the point of maximum
stablity. COnstruction lumber, even when kiln dried, is
typically NOT kiln dried to stability, as cabinet lumber would be.

As OP noted, that is usualy fine for utilitarian workbenches
and sawhorses.

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