Yep, a whole lot of shrinking going on. But don't despair. The length of the wall is regulated by the sills and the top plates and if the sills and plates are joined end to end by scarfs, you can expect shrinkage on the overall plate and sill lines to be .01% of wet length to dry. If you follow the same reasoning and join intermediate girt with splines or free tenons, the girt line should shrink consistent to the plates and sills. If the girts are housed in, the shrinkage of the posts will not show dramatically nor pull against the girt line.
Last edited by Roger Nair; 11/26/13 04:26 AM.
