Re: SB: Moisture Barrier/wood rot

["Ted Shelton" <ted655@hotmail.com>]

       Hi. I agree with you completely. I live in SE. Oklahoma, and know too 
well about wet wood. I do a lot of remodel work. What a great way to get a 
education on things that work/didn't work! A lot of this work is on old, old 
homes. I have torn away walls that were built with home sawn pine, untreated 
in any manner. Many bottom plate boards were resting on slabs. No sign of 
rot. No moisture wicking problems.
       My point was-- If a slab is properly above grade, with a good gravel 
perimeter (that is properly sloped away from the slab), There will be no 
moisture wicking.I would think a simple break, between slab and bale is 
enough. A treated wood/resistive wood-gravel bed is all you need. IF the 
slab is done right.


====So, do not rely on wet non-rotting wood to protect your wet rot prone 
straw=============== Part of a reply to my post on moisture barriers.
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