Drying time?

[podotcom]

Planning a log house build and soon need to start preparing some time-consuming stages. In my current house, I found a lovely wooden floor (under three layers of plastic mats!!) that I am very fond of. The boards taper in length and are about 4cm thick. I plan to make a similar floor for the new house with the solo saw, but is it enough for it to lie under a roof and dry for 1(?) year, or should I contact a sawmill to have it properly dried?
Thanks in advance
P-O

 

[Manberg]

Yes, I think that should be enough, but I believe wintertime is best to start the drying process naturally..
BUT then you will have to use wedges and gradually knock the floor together. I think my teacher in school installed a fairly fresh floor in a cabin, and within a year we had knocked it together 20 cm if I remember correctly...

But I'm not very knowledgeable about the subject...

 

[Haagbard]

If you saw pine planks, it's hard to avoid them turning blue when drying by yourself..........I have noticed, so it's better to saw spruce instead

I have personally sawed such flooring for the upper floor of the house (up to 35 cm, circular saw ), it's currently loose, but the plan is to screw it down and let it dry, then after a year or so with normal heat, I'll unscrew it, wedge it together and nail it with cut nails.

 

[podotcom]

Screw, wait, wedge, nail. Sounds good. Thanks for the help and merry Christmas.
Best regards, P-O

 

[Manberg]

If you saw pine planks, it's difficult to avoid them turning blue when drying yourself..........I've noticed, better to saw spruce

I have sawn such flooring for the upper floor of the house myself (up to 35 cm, blade-sawn ), now it is loosely placed, but the plan is to screw it down and let it dry, then after a year or so with normal heat, I'll unscrew it, wedge it together, and nail it with cut nails.

If you had problems with bluing, it was towards the end of June, July, and onwards, right?