It's Gonna Rot!

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Keep it dry and it will last longer than you.
 
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I have some oak that's been stacked outside for 5 years with the top of the stack covered, ain't nothin' wrong with it....

in fact, tell your neighbor I'll bop him upside the head with a split and then he can comment as to whether it's rotted or not.
 
I'm currently burning my cedar deck that was rained and snowed on for 18 years. No rot, burns hot :)
 
wood will only rot if it gets wet, then dries, then gets wet, then dries...... etc....

Wood that is kept dry or kept wet will not rot. Consider Boston's Back Bay area. That area used to be all landfill and many of the buildings are supported by wooden piles.

Saw a show a while back on those houses, apparently the water level dropped and some of the piles are rotting, as long as the water table stays up, they're ok.
 
Saw a show a while back on those houses, apparently the water level dropped and some of the piles are rotting, as long as the water table stays up, they're ok.
Interesting. I didn't know that the water table had dropped. Make sense though that they started rotting.
 
Interesting. I didn't know that the water table had dropped. Make sense though that they started rotting.
Yeah I guess there is a lesson in there for us. Either completely dry or completely saturated, like waterlogged. Anything in between encourages microorganisms to grow and eat your stash. :eek:
 
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