How to properly receive and store your wood in the workshop?

Receiving and storing your wood properly is a step that is often underestimated, but crucial to ensure the quality of the material before it is used. Poor handling or inadequate storage can cause deformations, moisture regain or even irreversible damage. Here are all the essential tips for properly receiving and maintaining your wood in the best conditions.

1. Anticipating the Arrival of Wood

Even before delivery, make sure your workshop or warehouse is ready to receive the wood:

Storage space Clean, Dry and Ventilated
Flat Ground And Insulated from Humidity
Availability of Dry Wedges or Bastaings To Raise the Pedestals

A good location, away from direct sun and sudden climatic variations, already prevents many problems.

2. Check the condition of the wood at the reception

Upon delivery:

Count and Inspect The Studs or the Boards
Look for Signs of Humidity, Mold, or Shock
Read the Tags : fuel, thickness, humidity level, origin

In the event of an anomaly, take photos and report it quickly to your supplier.

3. Respect Good Storage Practices

Positioning:

Storage Horizontally, on aligned wedges
Regular spacing Between the battens (every 40 to 60 cm depending on the length)
Never Place Directly on the Ground

Protection:

Cover the Top with a Breathable Tarpaulin, OSB board or geotextile film
Avoid the airtight plastic cover (risk of condensation)
Allow air to circulate between layers of wood

4. Adapt according to the type of wood received

Hardwood : Still Evolving, Must Be Stored in a Sheltered Place, in the Open Air
Artificially dried wood (10-12% humidity): to be stored in Stable and Dry Environment, Close to the conditions of end use

Well-dried wood that gains moisture will lose its stability and may warp or split.

5. The quality commitment of Scierie VUITTON

All the wood delivered by La Scierie Vuitton is prepared with care:

Paraffining the Extremities To Limit Chapping
Stacking on dry battens
Full traceability
Customized Advice for Storage and Use According to Your Constraints

We support wood professionals by guaranteeing them a material that is ready to use, stable, and stored in the best conditions from cutting to delivery.