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Can I use cypress that is still green
Posted on 11/25/20 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 11/25/20 at 3:57 pm
For post on my front porch for my new build in June? They would be cut for me next week.
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Posted on 11/25/20 at 4:00 pm to welder69
Sure. They'll be totally dry by then. If possible, put them in a barn or a garage or something. And run a box fan over them.
ETA: If you have a pole barn or someplace with open sides that will get cross wind, then you don't need a fan. If you have to put them in a warehouse or a garage with no real ventilation, then get the smallest, cheapest Wal-Mart box fan you can find. Put it on the lowest setting and that will be plenty of air movement.
ETA: If you have a pole barn or someplace with open sides that will get cross wind, then you don't need a fan. If you have to put them in a warehouse or a garage with no real ventilation, then get the smallest, cheapest Wal-Mart box fan you can find. Put it on the lowest setting and that will be plenty of air movement.
This post was edited on 11/25/20 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 11/25/20 at 4:34 pm to welder69
You can use it regardless, I have green cypress on my porch right now, they said just to not seal it any kind of way for a couple years, so if you don’t have any way to dry it by June go ahead and use it, just wait a couple years before you do anything to it
Posted on 11/25/20 at 4:34 pm to welder69
It might twist.
Posted on 11/25/20 at 5:19 pm to KLSU
From what I can tell, I'm getting mixed answers of yes an no. I'm still researching and asking around, no luck so far..
Posted on 11/25/20 at 5:21 pm to KLSU
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It will twist.
Posted on 11/25/20 at 5:28 pm to welder69
Not sure the answer. I'm trying to figure out what to do with the top of one my cypress tree that broke off in Laura.
Posted on 11/25/20 at 5:30 pm to welder69
From what I can tell, I'm getting mixed answers of yes an no."
Where is this "NO" answer?
Where is this "NO" answer?
Posted on 11/25/20 at 5:45 pm to welder69
It will cup or twist or both. I kept a slab of green cypress in my spare bed for 2 years to dry it and it moved about 2" in 2 directions over the whole slab
Posted on 11/25/20 at 6:08 pm to No Colors
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Sure. They'll be totally dry by then
No they will not. Takes about 1 year per 1" to dry.
OP, were you located at? There is a guy in Pointe Coupee that saws nothing but Cypress and he does Kim dry.
Oh, don't listen to jack legs. That post will shrink and can twist. I own a sawmill and know what I am talking about.
This post was edited on 11/25/20 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 11/25/20 at 6:15 pm to fishfighter
I'm in avoyelles parish. That is what some other people told me that it will twist. What is the name of someone I can get the post from? I don't mind traveling. Thanks
Posted on 11/25/20 at 6:19 pm to fishfighter
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I own a sawmill and know what I am talking about
Wow so you really do know how to lay the lumber.
Posted on 11/25/20 at 6:21 pm to welder69
Posted on 11/25/20 at 6:23 pm to welder69
Jones in Batchelor.He sells green and kim dry.
This post was edited on 11/25/20 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 11/25/20 at 6:27 pm to redstick13
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Wow so you really do know how to lay the lumber.
Yes, in my younger days I was a pipe layer. 
Posted on 11/25/20 at 6:53 pm to MyNameIsNobody
ONLY thing is these post would cost me next to nothing. So there is that. Any other suggestions??
Posted on 11/25/20 at 6:55 pm to fishfighter
2nd time I’ve seen kim dry in the thread. Never heard of it
Posted on 11/25/20 at 7:10 pm to fishfighter
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Takes about 1 year per 1" to dry.
8/4 Red Oak takes that long to dry. Not Cypress. And if he has 10" beams you're telling us they will take 10 years to dry?
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, don't listen to jack legs. That post will shrink and can twist.
Box hearted cypress timbers air dried for 6 months under a fan will not twist.
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I own a sawmill and know what I am talking about.
Me too.
You're a good guy Fish. But he doesn't need to stress about this. I sell multiple trailer loads of box heart cypress timbers to home builders every year. I've never had any complaints. And we don't KD our beams. We air dry cypress lumber for 60 days before we put it into the kiln. It dries fast, way more like a softwood than a hardwood.
Posted on 11/25/20 at 7:14 pm to lsuson
Auto correct shite. 
No Colors, a 10" cypress beam will take a lot longer then 6 months to get below 12% which is fine for outside ues.
No Colors, a 10" cypress beam will take a lot longer then 6 months to get below 12% which is fine for outside ues.
Posted on 11/25/20 at 7:22 pm to welder69
I recommend using a Franklin brand box fan to dry them out.
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