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A lot of people treat cedar as a wood that can go anywhere around a house. Because of that mix-up, a closet gets lumped with a board in wet dirt. Cedar Lumber in York makes sense for closet lining, and it can work on some porch jobs. It’s a poor choice where wood stays wet against the soil.
So start with the spot. When a closet stays dry, that is a strong use. A covered porch that can dry after rain can work too. But the skirt at a damp foundation is where we say no.
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Closet Boards and Cedar Lumber in York
York, South Carolina gets humid summers, and red clay near the foundation stays damp. Inside, that damp season is why people ask about cedar for a closet. The oils in aromatic cedar are what they want when moths get into wool. We’ve lined closet walls with it.
When the cooling runs hard, a newer house can dry out indoors. But older houses around York can feel closer to the outdoor air upstairs. Then the lining still works, because those closets stay off wet soil. We want the boards dry before they go up.
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Cedar logs from around York are the aromatic kind. Because they grow in this area, we can mill a qualifying customer log for closet stock. For a porch ceiling we look for cedar that can take rain and then dry. If the pile on hand is the wrong kind, we’ll say so.
After a log is sawn, you are looking at rough-sawn lumber from the sawmill. Closet lining can be thinner than a porch board. We surface it when the carpenter wants a ready face.
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Cedar Lumber in York can come from inventory when the job is small. Air-dried stock costs you time in the yard. Kiln-dried stock is faster, and our kiln run starts at 500 board feet. So a short closet order may skip a custom kiln charge.
Then you choose width and how clean the face should be. Knots are normal in aromatic cedar. We also keep air-dried and kiln-dried lumber on hand when the species matches the spot.
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Cedar Lumber in York on a Covered Porch
People in York have asked us for porch ceilings and for trim under a roof. We’ve also had calls about skirts that touched the clay and stayed wet. So those skirts are the jobs we turn down. A covered porch can work when the wood sits above the splash and dries between rains.
After the boards are dry in the shop, they can go out once we mill them to size. Then a green customer log needs drying first. Air drying takes longer than the kiln. We write the quote line by line so you can see the milling and the footage.
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After closet boards go up, the scent is strongest at first. It fades as the surface oils wear off. A light sanding brings some of it back. We’ve had people call later about that fade, and a scuff sand was the fix.
On a porch, look at the ends and at any board that faces blown rain. When water sits in a joint, that joint goes first. Because the clay stays damp, keep mulch and soil off the wood.
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What you pay tracks the footage and the drying. So width and grade move the number too. Cedar Lumber in York from the rack is the path we use for a small lining.
Our Lucas Mill can saw slabs up to six feet wide when a log allows it. Then, for a shop-built porch piece, we pick the cedar and the finish with you. You can see our cedar lumber work alongside the other shop jobs.
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Soil Splash and Cedar Lumber in York
Around York the red clay holds water after a summer rain. A board that touches that clay stays wet longer than a board under the porch roof. We’ve seen skirt boards go soft at that line. So we keep cedar up off the ground.
For example, a ceiling and the trim under a deep roof are fair uses. We don’t supply cedar for a step that lands in the dirt.
People have called after a porch board cupped in a humid stretch and eased once the air dried. But some calls were about a closet shelf a carpenter put up wet, and then it shrank. So the gap showed up at the joint. We mill the stock dry so the joints stay tight after install.
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If you are picking boards, tell us whether the cedar is for a closet or a porch. Then ask how dry the pile is. Cedar Lumber in York should match the wetness of the spot. So the drying method should match the size of the order. A live-edge slab can work for a bench.
Bring the closet measurements or the porch span if you have them. You also choose bare wood or a film finish. Then we can count the footage from that.