Green or Dried, Pro & Con

**thom** · 03-12-2009, 08:26 AM

Hi everyone,
I'm looking to build within the next year and have made a choice of the wood species (Eastern White Pine) with logs at a minimum of 10 inches. I'd like to get some views on any advantages or disadvantages on green or dried logs for construction.
I would also like to hear from anyone who has built with green logs and who owns one.

**StressMan79** · 03-12-2009, 11:27 AM

are you talking BnP construction? I would be fine either way. If you are doing saddle notch, etc the green will settle A LOT.

If you are doing bnp, you'll really want to take the class, if you learn one thing you didn't know, it will have paid for itself.

good luck!

-Peter

**rocklock** · 03-12-2009, 08:44 PM

Thom...
Logs take about 1 inch per year to dry... Hence, all log home built with real logs are green. Even kiln dried stick frame home shrink a little.
My log home is built with logs that were cut in Jan, peeled by May and stacked in July.
You can see pictures of my home below.
Best of luck

**thom** · 03-15-2009, 11:25 AM

Thanks for your replies. It seems whether it was dry or not, the only thing that appears different is the amount of shrinkage that will happen. I can deal with that.