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re: Is this lumber picture accurate?
Posted on 10/28/26 at 9:35 pm to LChama
Posted on 10/28/26 at 9:35 pm to LChama
Southern pines used to have tight grain and still do in natural regeneration areas where trees grow slowly.
Plantations are genetically chosen and cultivated for rapid diameter growth. By nature, quick growth has fewer rings per inch.
My old shotgun house in nola had those tight grain pines.
Plantations are genetically chosen and cultivated for rapid diameter growth. By nature, quick growth has fewer rings per inch.
My old shotgun house in nola had those tight grain pines.
Posted on 10/28/26 at 9:46 pm to LCA131
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SPF has load-bearing and span ratings for a great amount of construction. Especially residential.
Correct, but... i don't live in Louisiana, so I'm certainly not about to vouch for how far their use is codified in napoleonic building code
i figured I'd give a very surefire widespread use example. I suspect y'all have guidelines similar to florida, but ultimately probably comes down to did someone stamp it or not. Posted on 10/28/26 at 10:10 pm to weagle1999
FYI
Wise old long gone uncle told me this.
When laying decking all boards should be laid down like the 1918 picture with the grain turned down, not like the 2018 pic with the grain turned up.
If you lay the boards out like the 2018 pic with the grain up, it allow water to get between the grains easier.
Wise old long gone uncle told me this.
When laying decking all boards should be laid down like the 1918 picture with the grain turned down, not like the 2018 pic with the grain turned up.
If you lay the boards out like the 2018 pic with the grain up, it allow water to get between the grains easier.
Posted on 10/28/26 at 10:46 pm to RealDawg
I ran a Google reverse image search and the oldest copy of that photo is from 2019, so not AI.
Posted on 10/28/26 at 11:24 pm to 14caratgoldjones
That's awesome.
You can't get better lumber; 1820's is phenomenal to be able to still use.
You can't get better lumber; 1820's is phenomenal to be able to still use.
Posted on 10/28/26 at 11:34 pm to dat yat
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My old shotgun house in nola had those tight grain pines.
Depending on age, if it is old, it is probably 200 year old heart pine from when things went from wilderness to cities. That stuff is long gone but big salvage business a generation or two ago on demolition reused lot of that old stuff.
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