Hello all,

I have acquired appx 40 1x12' old Barn Boards range from 10' to 20' I had them stacked up on my car trailer and before I could get them stacked into my garage for storage they took on about 3" of rain and are now throughly soaked.

Wondering the best way for drying them out?

I made an Drying rack for my saw horse's that will holds the board up Vertical and space them out from each other 2" and am letting them sit in that for a day or and then gonna pile them up in the garage. I was also gonna put a dehumidfier in there also to help with getting rid of the moisture.
Wondering if there is any thing else I could be doing?

I know I should have stacked them up in the garage before they got the 3" of rain on them but such is life.

My plans for these are to line the inside of the garage wall's and the ceiling to give the garage a more finished look and such but that wont be till this fall winter before I can get time to work on that. Also wanna put in isulation before I put the boards up. I have 2 many other things to be doing right now so I dont' have time to work on the garage.

any way this is a pic of the boards on the trailer and the first round in the drying rack,



Any Idea's for this

Thanks again,

Sublime out.

 

Sell the barn boards and buy beer and drywall with the profits?

If I was expecting to do any welding or grinding in the garage, I'd prefer walls that won't burn. Especially if the garage is attached to the house.

 

The Conditions that I acpuired the boards was that I could use them for what ever I wanted but could not sell them for personal gain or Beer Money.

They are from the In-laws 100 year old milking bar that has been dying a slow death the last 10 years and now the North and East Walls are crumbling down by the week.

So I got the chance to grab anthing that I wanted and started with these boards.

 

This is the attached garage shown in the pic?

Code out here requires a complete 5/8 drywall "seal" between the garage and living area. You have to seal the electric boxes etc with this nasty red fireproof silicon poop. And you have to have a sealed fire door going in.

The fumes from a fire can kill everyone in the house hours before the flames are visible. Or, the flames from dry wood siding can explode so quickly you'll be lucky to grab your skivvies on the way out....

Maybe the far wall....

 

you can stack the boards inside wet
put down 2x4s to space off the floor,lay boards about 1/2 to 3/4 inch apart then 3/4 inch stickers between layers
keep your stickers less than 24 inches apart to eleminate warping

 

do exactly what ray says, thats how we palletize wood for our kiln.

What are the Barn beams made of?

 

u had the chance to grabb anything you wanted?????????? and you take some wood? get ur *** back over there and get as much of there stainless steel as you can and retire. lol
Mitch

 

I would sell the barn boards as previously mentioned and buy drywall and beer with the money. People are paying for that stuff big time because of the old charm.

 

I had to help load up all the scrap metal and pull out all of the copper wiring that was in the barn.
about the only stuff left was the Boards.

The only Stainless Steel was in the Milk House for the sink's and the bulk tank and they are being saved for the 25 Chickens for use in cleaning and processing. I don't know the process yet but have been assured that I be called upon to help with it.

sublime out