Hi all,
I have a similar question as the one asked by Junglesteader in an old thread from 2013 (under "Milling and Saw Mills"). My partner and I want to build a small "garden house" less than 30 square meter. We have a deadline and we are using fresh cut green lumber for the outer facade, all around the house (the structure beams and floor are all professionally dried or seasonedwood). The order came 3 weeks ago and it was already moldy with dark green, black and some yellowish and some white mold spots. We are airing the boards outdoors in our garden as best as we could, considering the very rainy weeks we're having.... :/ We're covering the airy stacked piles of boards with some waterproof simple plastic covers - to keep them from getting wet by the rain...
We've gone through all the boards, one by one, with a hand broom and dusted off all the mold we could. It is coming back slowly after a few days again :/
And we need to start covering the walls with these boards tomorrow and finish by the end of the week - we have a deadline.
Any experience with molding green lumber while building a place to live it? I hope someone can tell me that the mold will go away with the air, also nailed around the house, and won't create a health problem indoors.
Oh, we also have a "Parotech" cover that allows air to flow but acts like skin - and is very water resistant - we will cover that with the boards on the outside all around.. will that allow the mold to air out and dry?
Thanks for this forum
I have a similar question as the one asked by Junglesteader in an old thread from 2013 (under "Milling and Saw Mills"). My partner and I want to build a small "garden house" less than 30 square meter. We have a deadline and we are using fresh cut green lumber for the outer facade, all around the house (the structure beams and floor are all professionally dried or seasonedwood). The order came 3 weeks ago and it was already moldy with dark green, black and some yellowish and some white mold spots. We are airing the boards outdoors in our garden as best as we could, considering the very rainy weeks we're having.... :/ We're covering the airy stacked piles of boards with some waterproof simple plastic covers - to keep them from getting wet by the rain...
We've gone through all the boards, one by one, with a hand broom and dusted off all the mold we could. It is coming back slowly after a few days again :/
And we need to start covering the walls with these boards tomorrow and finish by the end of the week - we have a deadline.
Any experience with molding green lumber while building a place to live it? I hope someone can tell me that the mold will go away with the air, also nailed around the house, and won't create a health problem indoors.
Oh, we also have a "Parotech" cover that allows air to flow but acts like skin - and is very water resistant - we will cover that with the boards on the outside all around.. will that allow the mold to air out and dry?
Thanks for this forum