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Saw something at the Home Depot on Soncy that has me checking my own house

I was picking up some fence posts yesterday and walked through the lumber section. They had a whole pallet of pressure treated 2x4s that were already showing heavy mold spots, like big green and black patches. The tags said they were delivered just a week ago. It made me go home and check the wood I bought for my deck project last month, and sure enough, a couple boards in the pile are starting to get fuzzy. If you've bought any lumber recently, especially from that batch, give it a close look. Storing it wet against your house is asking for trouble. Has anyone else run into this with wood from that store?
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xena_bailey18
That "storing it wet against your house" line is a bit much. Most people just stack lumber in their yard, and it's fine. A little surface mold on pressure treated wood is totally normal and doesn't hurt the structure. It usually dries out and stops.
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sean_green44
Ever see that fuzzy stuff on new pressure treated wood? It's super common and freaks people out for no reason. My own deck looked like that for a few weeks and it's totally fine now.
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king.val
king.val6d ago
My buddy's new deck boards looked like that too.
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