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There is also another survival bias factor. Wood continues to cure and harden (and shrink) when it's put into place in construction - in 70-80 years, It'll be
by Aloha 3y ago
There is also another survival bias factor.
Wood continues to cure and harden (and shrink) when it's put into place in construction - in 70-80 years, It'll be just as hard as the wood in a house from 1890.
- VHRanger 3y agoIncorrect. As the OP post shows, if you cut down a 300 year old tree it won't cure the same as a young-cut SPF piece of wood. It simply can't - it's effectively not the same material. Just in terms of growth rings, wood density, heartwood content, etc.