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   Guest_ | Feb 17, 2000 07:05am | #1

   *
   Like one of the posters here says. ..
   i Oregonians don't tan, they rust,
   and of course, as Neil says,
   i Rust Never Sleeps

   -pm

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   Guest_ | Feb 17, 2000 09:28am | #2

   *Well I'm confused. Alright, green framing lumber, turns the heat on to dry the place in without cracking the windows(seems like he would have noticed all the moisture condensing on the windows, thats how I usually know to open them wider). Still doesnt seem like there would be enough moisture to soak the insulation? Well maybe, guess I've never tried it.JonC

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   Guest_ | Feb 17, 2000 10:54am | #3

   *Yes Portland Oregon the only green (pond dried) Doug Fir market in the counrty. Even those folks up around Yelm get dry lumber i think.It is even worse now that they cut everything from pecker poles. The sap wood that is a greater percentage of the lumber from small trees is not only wet but nutritous. You know, more sugars less natural biocides. Combine that with drenching rains, no sunshine and a fast schedule and you might just get a wall too wet to visqueen.Theoretically the building code specifies that the moisture content can't be that high but, i don't believe that code is enforced.I haven't built a house in Oregon and don't work on new construction, heck i don't work on houses very much anymore.Well a final thought; when i framed my cabin the wood was literally water logged. I didn't insulate it for 14 months which was more than enough time. There is no way i would have insulated it until it was half way dry.joe d

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   Guest_ | Feb 19, 2000 07:43am | #4

   *I don't get it either. I live on the north Oregon coast and the vast majority of my work is smaller remodeling, which goes relatively quick from framing to finishing. By the time I'm finished with all the little framing details and exterior work - the frame is about bone dry - never had a problem even remotely similar - then again I don't run vapor "barriers" either - vapor "retarders" so the house breathes - am not a fan of "sealing" a house.Buz