A bad batch of pressure treated lumber cost me a whole deck rebuild

Last month in Tampa, I built a deck with what looked like good wood from a local yard. Two weeks later, the posts started to twist and split like crazy. The supplier admitted the batch wasn't fully dried before treatment. I had to tear it all out and start over, losing a full week of work. Has anyone else gotten burned by green PT wood lately?

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spencer_webb1d ago

That lumber yard on 7th had a similar issue last year, but the decks I saw just needed some extra nails and time to settle. Are you sure the splitting wasn't just normal checking? Tearing out a whole deck after two weeks seems like a pretty big overreaction for wood that just needs to dry in place.

morgan.abby1d ago

Ugh, my neighbor's fence did the same thing and now it looks like a rollercoaster.