This afternoon, after lunch, we quickly set up a new stack of all the 89mm CLS timber planks, to spread out every single length so that plenty of air could blow around them and dry them off. The original pallet was packed too closey together and the rain water was able to get in between the layers and soak side ways into the stack of timber. The weather has been cooling off these last few weeks and was unable to keep the timber dry before the next rain shower came along.
Timber-drying-rack-and-storage
We built a quick tent over the new pile to keep the majority of the rain off the pile now and over the next few days, it will dry out much faster now with the air moving freely between every single plank.
It is important to have the timber as dry as possible because we want to use wood glue to make our rafters and the wood glue only works properly when the surfaces are dry.