Bothy Worktop

[bilke_user]

Was asked early last year to mill some douglas fir to be used as kitchen worktops for a bothy project this year

Quite happy with the way they have turned out.

 

[leethetree]

Hi , out of interest did you kiln or air dry them ..they look 👍

[Tippin Alaybye]

Now, I don’t know, so obviously will be interested to find out, but wouldn’t air drying be less likely to cause warping than kiln???
Or does it matter if they are stacked and separated properly?

[topchippyles]

4 minutes ago, leethetree said:

Hi , out of interest did you kiln or air dry them ..they look 👍

I would say they have been in a kiln for sure 

[topchippyles]

1 minute ago, Tippin Alaybye said:

Now, I don’t know, so obviously will be interested to find out, but wouldn’t air drying be less likely to cause warping than kiln???
Or does it matter if they are stacked and separated properly?

Makes no odds if they are stacked correctly in a kiln 

[bilke_user]

15 minutes ago, leethetree said:

Hi , out of interest did you kiln or air dry them ..they look 👍

Air dried.  Lucky enough to have had a very drying east wind for the past ten weeks to finish them off just in time.   The cottage has no central heating and is has 3 ft thick stone walls so they should stay at the 14% m/c  they are at at present for some considerable time. It has a fireplace at the other end of the open plan floor, but in reality that shouldn't make the place so warm that we'd be worrying about the worktop warping.   Think if it was going to warp it would have done so long before now.   

Edited June 15, 2021 by bilke_user
addition of pic

[Tippin Alaybye]

Makes no odds if they are stacked correctly in a kiln 

Well that’s my excuse for not having a kiln [emoji12]
Plus it more environmentally friendly

[topchippyles]

10 minutes ago, Tippin Alaybye said:

Well that’s my excuse for not having a kiln
Plus it more environmentally friendly

Solar kiln ? 

[Tippin Alaybye]

Solar kiln ? 

I’ve looked at this, might do in the future but right now got the space and time for air and my logs to burn are 9-10%

[harvey b davison]

Air dried.  Lucky enough to have had a very drying east wind for the past ten weeks to finish them off just in time.   The cottage has no central heating and is has 3 ft thick stone walls so they should stay at the 14% m/c  they are at at present for some considerable time. It has a fireplace at the other end of the open plan floor, but in reality that shouldn't make the place so warm that we'd be worrying about the worktop warping.   Think if it was going to warp it would have done so long before now.   

That looks a grand place to live. Did you buy it derelict and renovated it ?