[paintdrying]

I built a 6 foot high privacy fence with 6 inch wide pressure treated wood planks. Now 2 weeks later and the boards have all evenly shrunk 3/4 of an inch. It looks like i meant to build the fence this way so it is fine.


I used screws so no major cupping or twisting. I bought the wood and installed everything same day, as I was afraid of twisting and cupping with pt wood. Now I am wondering if I should unscrew every board and move everything closer together. So what should I do to avoid this with me next fence? Should I buy the planks now and leave them stacked in the garage all year?

 

[joecaption]

Picture would be nice.
Store bought pressure treated is soaking wet and takes weeks to dry if not more depending conditions.
Yes you should have waited and laid it out and sticked it to let it dry out.

 

[joed]

3/4 inch is a lot of shrinkage for a 6 inch plank, but I don't know what else it could be. I have seen some of that pressure wood look it was just fished out of a lake it was so wet.