[Shop-talk] Preventing rot

[Robert Nogueira]

I’m replacing some rotted out stairs out side. The stringers rotted out. I can’t find pressure treated 2x12 to make new stringers so I’m having to use untreated pine. 
I’ve capped the base of each stringer with PT blocks so the pine is not in direct contact with the concrete. 
My question, would covering each stringer with roofing felt paper before installing the steps and risers help prevent rotting in the future or would it just trap moisture under the felt increasing the chance of rot?
Bob Nogueira 

> On Jul 6, 2018, at 6:27 AM, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 10:00 PM, john niolon <jniolon at att.net> wrote:
>> I've got a H.F. Predator 212 cc (6 hp) engine on my old 1980 Yazoo big wheel
>> mower that I use for trim work... It's about 2 years old and performed
>> flawlessly... even better than the Briggs before it.
>> 
>> Today I choked it, pulled the cord twice and it fired up on the third
>> pull... opened the choke and started for the grass... it did seem to smoke a
>> little but I figured it was a little flooded. It ran about a minute the
>> kinda 'sputtered' backfired twice and quit.
> 
> I had a Snapper mower die similarly.  Turned out the keepers fell off
> the end of the intake valve.  Have you got compression?
> 
> I put mine back together (hint:  Use zip ties to keep the spring
> compressed, then cut them loose after it's all together) and it works
> fine now.
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