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Alaskan ash + oak advice


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Just about to try out Alaskan mill for the first time on 2m sections of ash and oak, approx 14"-24" diameter.  Prob just use finished planks to clad outdoor shed/wood store...

 

Advice please on:

Sap wood considerations for outdoor use

Ash grew with lean so grown rings not centered..

Outdoor stacking technique and seasoning time

Useful thickness to cut to, mainly for cladding

 

Will post photo in a mo

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7 hours ago, Woodworks said:

Ash is  not classed as a durable wood so I would be pretty wary of using it for cladding unless you are going to drench it in some form of wood preserver. 

Cheers.  What woods are classed as durable?  And therefore suitable for outdoor use.

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Cheers.  What woods are classed as durable?  And therefore suitable for outdoor use.

Oak, sweet chestnut, larch, robinia, western red cedar, other cedars, most cypresses, Douglas fir. Some trees will be fine outdoors as long as they are kept dry and not in contact with soil.

There are others but these are all the ones I've had first hand experience with and fairly common.

 

 

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