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Posted by Kris Krieger on May 20, 2008, 12:16 am
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>>>>> "Kris Krieger"> wrote
>>>>>> "Don"> wrote in
>>>>>>> Yeah, but they didn't have to deal with *nominal* dimensions so
>>>>>>> things were actually the size they were rather than the size
>>>>>>> they used to be. IOW, a 2 x 4 was really 2x4 and not 1.5x3.5.
>>>>>>> (who gives a shit if the 2x4 wasn't *sanded*?)
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>>>>>> Oh yeah, the Fake Dimensions. Yeesh :p . So sanding is the
>>>>>> excuse for the reduction...? Even if that were true, why does it
>>>>>> matter, if something is a structural unit that's going to be
>>>>>> covered? Doesn't the removal of material make the item less
>>>>>> strong...? IMO, things ought to be called what they are. But
>>>>>> then, that seems to be symptomatic of the last 2 decades orso -
>>>>>> meanings/words have become elastic, things to be bent willy-nilly
>>>>>> merely for the sake of insignificant convenience. Ah, the 2X4 as
>>>>>> a symbol of sociocultural malaise... <g!>
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>>>>> I believe kiln drying has the most impact on the shrinkage in
>>>>> standard lumber today.
>>>>> Sanding plays apart but only minimally.
>>>>> I don't recall the exact numbers but raw lumber when first
>>>>> harvested has something like 20-30% water retention and after kiln
>>>>> drying it is around 6%. Pressure treated wood though is reinjected
>>>>> with a salt solution and the end result is the lumber becomes
>>>>> almost the size it originally was, and very heavy.
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>>>> Oh, OK - I'd thought the sizes were off because of trimming. I
>>>> stand corrected, thanks ;) I know about shrinkage when dealing
>>>> with wood for things like furniture and other smaller-scale
>>>> proejcts, but just assumed (erroniuosly, it turns out) that Lumber
>>>> was differnt. It's always helpful to know the facts ;)
>>>>
>>>> I definitely did not know that about pressure-treated wood. I
>>>> thought they coated it with somethign but the salt bit is
>>>> interesting.
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>>>> Tangentially, I'll haev to google "how long does PT wood last if in
>>>> contact with the ground", now that you've mentioned PT wood (I have
>>>> a 2' wide perimeter of stones underlaid with fiberglass landscape
>>>> fabric around the whole house and pool decking, to make insect
>>>> control easier, but right now, all that's holding it up is that
>>>> plastic 'lawn edging' stuff,a nd I'm trying to decide whetehr I
>>>> want to make the maintenence even easier by putting something
>>>> around the stone, since the lawn doods always end up knocking the
>>>> stones in to the lawn).
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>>>>> I've seen PT wood laying on the concrete slab in puddles of its
>>>>> own liquid, mostly water.
>>>>> PT wood can easily weigh twice as much as kiln dried wood.
>>>>> A problem I've seen is where the kiln dried studs join to the PT
>>>>> bottom plates.
>>>>> The studs are 1/4" narrower than the plate and this causes an
>>>>> offset on the interior of the building, which can be reflected in
>>>>> the drywall being bent out of shape along the bottom of the wall.
>>>>> This is hidden by the baseboard.
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>>>> I didn't know that - well that explains that. And why baseboards
>>>> often don't seem to be flush at both the top and the botton.
>>>> Interesting.
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>>>>> When building my garage I considered ripping the bottom plates on
>>>>> the tablesaw to match the studs but 16' PT boards are a bear to
>>>>> manipulate that way and very slow to cut so I bypassed the whole
>>>>> thing.
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>>>> Which of course leads one to ask, How'd ya do it?" ;)
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>>> The bottom plate protrudes into the rooms and someday I'll deal with
>>> the baseboard issue.
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>> Doesn't that comprimise the insulation of the room?
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> Nah, the cavities are stuffed full and there's Tyvek on the outside.
I see...
>>> Believe it or not I still don't have the drywall done in my office.
>>> Its all installed and mudded but there's some serious sanding to do
>>> and I hate sanding!!!!!
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>> Isn't that why there is Faux Texturing? <G!>
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> My brother is sending me a hopper for the texturing, he has 2 of them.
> Now I gotta find a compressor.
> (my big compressor was stolen from my storage unit 6 months after we
> moved here <sniff>)
Well, that stinks :(
It's interesting to watch it done - very messy, i.e. kid-like ;)
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>>> When I finish the bathroom remodel (no, THAT'S not done either!)
>>> I'll be back to working on the office.
>>> Unless my wife commands me to build her wrap around deck on the
>>> south side of the house first.
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>> Oh jeez, you do BIG projects! I figure the glass (and maybe some
>> associated woodwork and concrete-molding) will be enough for me.
>> Well, in addition to diggin in the yard and installing the rest of
>> the stone borders. I'm more of a landscape type than a building type
>> ;)
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> Oh we've got THAT stuff going on too!
> Have a couple big ones coming up and the vegetable garden is currently
> starting to take root.
> Right now I'm shopping for a tiller.
I can't say I know anything useful about them. Well, I could say, but
it'd be a lie, so I won't ;)
Did you get to set up that small portable greenhouse? What kind of
vegetables?
>>> I know one thing though, I WILL have my garage insulated and
>>> (interior-plywood) sheathed before the next winter comes.
>>> No way I'm dealing with a cold assed garage for another winter
>>> season. BTW, the baseboard should be held completely vertical,
>>> plumb, and then the gap at the top should be caulked.
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>> They seem to have doen it right in this house at least - all the
>> baseboards, and pretty much anywhere that any sort of framing or
>> other non-wall element meets the wall, is all caulked, with the caulk
>> overall smoothed properly. SO I give them credit for that. The
>> house in Massachusetts had no caulking, just paint, and the
>> baseboards quickly started to "bow out" and develop gaps. Cheesy
>> workmanship.
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>> Have you ever seen metal baseboards, or metal-cald-woods ones?
>> THat's an idea that's skittered around in my head off and on for a
>> while, but I don't recall seeing it anywhere (aside from metal-framed
>> heavy-duty industrial-type doors). I'm trying to picture how brushed
>> stainless (or other metal) might look, whetehr it'd be interesting or
>> whether it'd just look cheesy.
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> Never saw the stuff but a lead might be the metal picture frame
> material I've seen around.
I havent' seen too much aside from the very plain frames - occasionally,
I've seen one that's stamped with a design, but most of the "metal" ones
are faux finishes. Sometimes, they're silver-leaf, which is OK, if given
a protective coat of varnish.
> Careful though, if you hit it with the vacuum cleaner it'll
> dent/scratch.
Oh yeah, that's true - I hadn't thought about scratching. THat's prob.
why it's not used - it'd be like stainless appliances, a pita to keep up
with. People would prob assume it was just wood painted with
Rustoleum/enamel anyway.
> I'm wondering how such a thing would attach to the wall?
> Maybe some sort of clip on the back that would attach to another clip
> on the wall behind the baseboard making it invisible.
I think it'd prob. have to be pressed/fitted onto a wooden form, othewise
it'd dent too easily.
Well, seemed like a better idea than it actually is!
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