seasoned timber

[mnoddy]

Hi, I am doing a carpentry course and one of my questions that I am a bit stick on is - State some benifits of using seasoned timber fro floor boards. If anyone has any suggestions for this question, it would be greatky appreciated. Many thanks Steve

Whilst I am on a roll what would be the thickness of a 1hour fire door and lining width to allow for a plaster skim coat

 

[oilman]

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[jjay78]

by using seasoned timber you get less swelling and movement, surley you teacher should of told you this.

 

[noseall]

by using seasoned timber you get less swelling and movement, surley you teacher should of told you this.

i thought you would get less shrinkage myself.

 

[jjay78]

i was not going to list everything but timber does both shrink and expand
causing movement. you leave a expansion gap on flooring for instance for swelling not shrinkage

 

[chappers]

but green timber full of moisture is more likely to shrink

 

[noseall]

but green timber full of moisture is more likely to shrink

...yeah, but this post is about seasoned timber ya muppet.

i happen to think that even seasoned timber will shrink slightly when introduced into a heated home.

it is only when extraordinary situations occur, after laying, that the timer may swell.

 

[HowlinWilf]

There's less warping, cupping, bowing and splitting in seasoned wood.