[Shop-talk] Fastening wet PT lumber?

[Jeff Scarbrough]

Assuming you can keep it inside for a while, can you sticker it and
let it dry for a bit?

I've screwed together some pretty wet wood and not noticed a problem.
As it's bracing, there may not be anywhere it can go anyway.

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 2:32 PM Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:
>
> After delivering to them my first born child, the lumber company dropped off the PT framing and decking that I need to finish the deck I started in August. It is very wet and mostly frozen.
>
> Assuming it thaws while stored in the unheated garage, can I screw through the 2x4s I'm using to diagonally brace the posts and joists? As I understand it, there's not much dimentional change along the grain as it dries, so i shouldn't need to worry about the bracing pulling the post-joist assembly out of plumb/square.
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> thanks,
> jim
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