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Why Eastern White Pine?​
Its interior and exterior applications are everlasting, this is why eastern white pine has been used since the 1700s as the traditional choice for New England and Eastern Canadian craftsmen. If quality, warmth, and character is your preference Eastern White Pine is a natural choice. Since it is lightweight, can grow true and tall, and has incredible strength it was initially used as ship masts. The qualities are still the same, and its uses have been broadened to log home construction, siding, furniture and many more. It resists decay, is dimensionally stable with a beautiful red-knotted appearance, it is fine-grained and easily accepts stains. Another good characteristic of Eastern white pine is that it resists cracking when screwed or fastened.
Why Heat Treated?
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When wood is heat treated, the core temperature of wood is raised to 133 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, this is necessary to kill insect larvae and stop the spread of insects.
Excess moisture in wood can cause a myriad of problems, to name two, green wood will warp and twist, this is definitely something you don't want to deal with when building your log home. In a kiln the environment such as steam levels, humidity and temperature can be controlled for a set period of time. This allows us to be able to get dry wood to you at a faster turn around time vs air drying which in some cases my take almost a year to dry.
Why Kiln Dried?
Why Kiln Dried?
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