Thrifty owners often buy material for repair or construction in advance, but then face a storage problem. Lumber is particularly sensitive to adverse environmental influences. To store boards for a long time, you need to know a few rules.
Instruction manual
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Choose a suitable storage area for wood, it should be a high place, open to the winds. The site should have a slope for rainwater runoff, preferably away from residential buildings and sources of wood infection with mold and fungus.
2
If possible, make an open canopy for the boards to protect them from rain, snow and direct sunlight. For long-term storage for several seasons, build a closed canopy with collapsible walls that will protect the wood from the sun and rain, but will let the wind pass. Place the open canopy along the direction of the prevailing winds, and the closed one across. If you don’t plan to make a canopy, at least cover the boards with a film, roofing material, slate, corrugated board - whatever, if only they would not get rainfall and direct sunlight.
3
Never place boards directly on the ground. If it is not possible to lay them on an asphalt or concrete floor, lay on the ground wooden gaskets that reliably separate the entire bottom row of boards from the ground. Shift each row with such gaskets. Lay gaskets strictly one above the other so that the boards do not bend. The thickness of the gaskets must be at least the thickness of the boards. Maintain the distance between the gaskets 1.5 - 2 meters (for boards thicker than 50 mm), 1 - 1.5 meters (for boards 30 - 50 mm), 0.8 - 1.2 meters (for boards less than 30 mm).
4
Place boards with the side up to the core so that the material warps less. Lay the lining with the planed side up. Make all rows perfectly even, as the boards should dry evenly. A little skew, and all the boards will go "propeller".
5
The ends of the material cover with grated whitewash or meerk, diluted on varnish. If you already see a crack at the end, type a small cross bar on the board, or nail an S-shaped metal bracket on the end to prevent further spread of the crack.
6
Inspect your warehouse from time to time to timely detect and remove materials affected by fungus or mold.
note
If you leave uncooked boards in the sun for at least a week, they will surely dry with a “propeller”.
