<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/13/2003 6:32:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Erwinsp= iano@aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/13/2003 10:32:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, RNossa= man@cox.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><BR><FONT face=Arial>Incidentally, I had always heard 4%MC quot= ed as the preferred dry down <BR>level for this type of construction. When d= id it become 4.5%, and why?<BR><BR>Ron N</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040>    = <FONT size=3><STRONG> Ron</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG> &= nbsp;   I don't know & ...I don't know but I thought I just re= ad on this list recently that John Patton Of S&S is now stating that the= ir boards are now being pressed at 5.5% EMC. To me this would yield a fairly= amount of crown in the rehydrated panel. To achieve this level for sur= e takes a well set up box & regular monitoring.</STRONG></FONT></DI= V></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040>  <FONT size=4>I = meant to say "yield a fairly small amount of  crown."  D= uh!--Dale</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>