Building a barn with red pine

by | Jul 17, 2017 | AskTheBarngeek | 1 comment

Asked by Karson from midland, mi

 

Hello, I have bought your barn plans and am planning on building soon. I have seen your packages use white pine, I am interested in using red pine. I have read it tends to twist and shrink a little more. If I cut it and put it up quickly will I still get much twisting once it is all anchored and bolted together?

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  1. The Barn Geek
    The Barn Geek on July 17, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    Hi Karson,

    Thanks for your question! Red Pine Does move and twist a lot more than White Pine. If you must use it, that’s okay but be prepared to have to get extra beams cut, when they twist too much.

    Here is a link to a video explaining how to handle red pine.

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