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   Piffin | Nov 21, 2004 05:55pm | #1

   Depends on moisture level. tie up wet wood in a plastic bag and you will have nothing more than apile of mushy moldy wood fibre next summer.

    

    

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   andybuildz | Nov 21, 2004 06:44pm | #2

   just beware of staining where the spacers (stickering) go.

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   FrankB89 | Nov 21, 2004 06:56pm | #3

   Stickering it will provide air space which will reduce the chance for mold growth if there are any damp areas.  And, if you live where there are carpenter ants, they love to move in and dwell between courses of stacked lumber.  They won't make food out of it, but they drag little pieces of stone and/or food where they're hanging out which can causing staining.

   If you tarp it, leave some air space between the tarp and the wood and double layer the tarp  to prevent condensation on the inside of the tarp from getting to the wood (same principle as a tent fly, or vent space in an attic)

   If you stack it outdoors, or in an outbuilding with a dirt or gravel floor, place a vapor barrier under the stack and set the stack on timbers to get it up off the floor.

    

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   Piffin | Nov 21, 2004 07:19pm | #4

   Good point on that top air space. Very few tarps are waterproof. We will set scrap of 2x4 across the top of the pile, then an old osb or ply sheet, then another scrap of 2x in center to add pitch to the tent, and then the tarp. blocks, rocks or bricks to weight it down at corners.if the pile is very tall, a few stickers are good even for dry lumber because they stabilize the pile so it won't tilt and fall or have one slice of it fall on a kid climbing on it. 

    

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