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Newsletter: How to Make Sure Your Moisture Meter is Working Correctly

November 2016, Issue No. 19 AT A GLANCE *How to make sure you moisture meter is working correctly * Special Offer Interesting Websites Calibration of Handheld Moisture Meters. 9 Wood: (read more) Keep in Touch: PHONE: (800) 227-2105             (503) 257-8957 FAX:      (503) 256-3844 WEB: www.lignomatusa.com Facebook How to make sure your […]

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Newsletter: Storing and Acclimating Your Lumber

August 2016, Issue No. 18 AT A GLANCE *Storing and Acclimateing Your Lumber * Moisture in Concrete: Free and Bound Moisture Interesting Websites Concrete Floors and Moisture (read more) Scientific article about different methods to measure moisture in concrete. Great information about the different types of water in concrete. (read more) Keep in Touch: PHONE: […]

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Newsletter March 2016: Case Study Floor Covering Failure

March 2016, Issue No. 17 AT A GLANCE *Case Study: Customer Calls with Floor Covering Failure * Why is Wood Cupping and Shrinking? Interesting Websites Popular Woodworking Magazine: Moisture Meters (see more) Understanding, Preventing, Detecting and Correcting Moisture in Concrete Floors (read more) Keep in Touch: PHONE: (800) 227-2105             (503) 257-8957 FAX:    […]

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Canadian Woodworking Product Review Ligno Scanner SD

https://www.canadianwoodworking.com/lignomat-ligno-scanner The Ligno-Scanner SD pinless moisture meter indicates true wood moisture percentages corrected for different wood species. Wood species and corresponding settings are listed on a laminated species card included with each moisture meter. Wood species corrections can also be custom programmed by entering the specific gravity between 0.3 and 1.0. A reference scale has […]

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December Newsletter 2015 Seasonal Changes in Wood Moisture

December 2015, Issue No. 16 AT A GLANCE *Common Moisture Problems in Woood * How Seasanol Changes in Humidity Affects Wood Interesting Websites How to Prevent Wood Floor Gaps in Winter (see more) Understanding, Preventing, Detecting and Correcting Moisture in Concrete Floors (read more) Keep in Touch: PHONE: (800) 227-2105             (503) 257-8957 […]

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October Newsletter 2015 Ligno-DuoTec BW in-situ probe RH test

October 2015, Issue No. 15 AT A GLANCE *Using the LignoDuoTec BW mositure meter for in-situ probe measurements in concrete Interesting Websites The cure for concrete moisture and PH Ills (see more) Understanding, Preventing, Detecting and Correcting Moisture in Concrete Floors (read more) Keep in Touch: PHONE: (800) 227-2105             (503) 257-8957 FAX:    […]

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Beach House at the Oregon Coast Continued

What we did: To measure the outside humidity, we installed another wireless transmitter with an RH sensor attached under the roof. Measurements were collected by the same central station and sent to the Internet. A review of readings confirmed that the leak was fixed. The moisture in the window sill did not change at all, […]

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