Lumber question for those in the building trades

barbee6043 said
I really do not know how much green yellow pine shrinks... interesting question. I have built lots of horse stalls out of just milled oak and I can tell you it will shrink a lot!!!!!!
I have torn down, years ago lots of l barns and houses built early 1900s/ Built out of yellow pine and oak. It was all full dimension or a little bigger and not plained for sure and cut with the old circular blade. Still old mills in Mo. using such and not a band saw.

Here's the shrinkage values for many domestic softwoods and hardwoods. Wood shrinks differently in the 3 directions. Tangential shrinkage (parallel to the growth rings) is the highest. Radial shrinkage (perpendicular to the rings) is about half of tangential. Length shrinkage is almost negligible. Oak and hickory are two of the most unstable woods, especially in the tangential direction. Yellow pine is in the middle. Kiln dried wood, and wood in your house will settle out at about 8%-9% moisture content. Wood stored outside will settle out about 12% in NE TN. Other locations will be different. Framing lumber is only dried to 15%-20% moisture content. Furniture grade woods and export lumber are dried to 6%-8%.