Thanks for all the suggestions. I might give our local cedar dealer a call - probably expensive but anything we've bought there has been perfect.
Cheers !
So i need to replace 2 6x6 PT posts on a porch roof at my son's house tomorrow. They are all twisty.
This time they will have proper Simpson saddles - currently its held up with angle brackets and TBH it's more than a bit scary. It's one of a hundred projects we knew the house would need when...
When i see a low voltage like the 30v you are reporting i assume it's a phantom voltage.
"Conductors that are installed in close proximity to one another, and are capacitively coupled to each other, can cause this a.c. voltage reading. Such a reading could be 2 or 3 volts, or it may be as high...