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Would you use pressure treated for framing?
I'm building a fair size cupola to go atop my garage. It will basically be a large dog house shape. I plan to frame it like a little house, sheath it with plywood and cedar shingles and put a three tab shingle roof on it. I'm debating whether to frame the whole thing with treated lumber, or just the parts that rest on the roof. The problem I see with using treated lumber for framing is getting pieces that are straight enough and/or will stay straight. Any advice?
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That would be my concern too!
Buy extra stock, sticker it for a week or so, pick the best pieces and return the rest is what I usually do!
Buy extra stock, sticker it for a week or so, pick the best pieces and return the rest is what I usually do!
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Your little cupola will most likely not have any lengths longer than 4'.
PT lumber should fit your build just fine.
I would try to find lumber that is straight and dry to start with.
Good luck to you.
How about a weather vane on my his new cupola?
PT lumber should fit your build just fine.
I would try to find lumber that is straight and dry to start with.
Good luck to you.
How about a weather vane on my his new cupola?
If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when will you have time to do it over?
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Yup, there will be a weathervane! That's the whole thing behind the Project. Wife and I saw a weathervane we just had to have. Now it needs a cupola to go under it.
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Why bother with the pressure treated when you have it well protected from the weather.
George
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I'm building a fair size cupola to go atop my garage. It will basically be a large dog house shape. I plan to frame it like a little house, sheath it with plywood and cedar shingles and put a three tab shingle roof on it. I'm debating whether to frame the whole thing with treated lumber, or just the parts that rest on the roof. The problem I see with using treated lumber for framing is getting pieces that are straight enough and/or will stay straight. Any advice?
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Well, it does have louvers that could let wind driven rain in, but I'd think the louvers should also let it dry out.
If there's dry, straight pressure treated out there, I haven't found it yet.
If there's dry, straight pressure treated out there, I haven't found it yet.
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Well, it does have louvers that could let wind driven rain in, but I'd think the louvers should also let it dry out.
If there's dry, straight pressure treated out there, I haven't found it yet.
If there's dry, straight pressure treated out there, I haven't found it yet.
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