I have an opportunity to acquire a bunch of wormy pine salvaged from a 100 yr old barn / farmhouse.
The boards are roughly 2.5 inches thick, 8 inch wide, and various lengths. They have been stored semi-outside (basically a covered shed) under tarp, for several years.
In doing some research, a couple questions come up:
1. What happended to the worms? Are they still present in the wood? (I'm not concerned about any dead ones - just those that might be alive, or hatch.)
2. Moisture content.
What's the opinion in this Forum? The safe route would seem to be taking the wood to a kiln, both to dry it out, and kill any critters that might still hanging around.
But is that really necessary? Can the wood be used, as is? (Obviously, I can put a moisture meter to it). I can also store it indoors (on stickers) for further air drying, if needed, but don't want to bring it in if there's a concern about bugs.
BTW - the wood is local, so it has experienced our recent cold spell.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Alan
The boards are roughly 2.5 inches thick, 8 inch wide, and various lengths. They have been stored semi-outside (basically a covered shed) under tarp, for several years.
In doing some research, a couple questions come up:
1. What happended to the worms? Are they still present in the wood? (I'm not concerned about any dead ones - just those that might be alive, or hatch.)
2. Moisture content.
What's the opinion in this Forum? The safe route would seem to be taking the wood to a kiln, both to dry it out, and kill any critters that might still hanging around.
But is that really necessary? Can the wood be used, as is? (Obviously, I can put a moisture meter to it). I can also store it indoors (on stickers) for further air drying, if needed, but don't want to bring it in if there's a concern about bugs.
BTW - the wood is local, so it has experienced our recent cold spell.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Alan