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[OnMedic]

Thanks for the great feedback gang! You are the class of the industry and your kind words mean a lot! I just can't beleive how much those fence ofards are shrinking! I am going to have to take the nailing strips off by summer's end and make some adjustments!

OnMedic (aka Steve.... How many darn Steve's do we have here anyways?)

[Steve]

OnMedic (aka Steve.... How many darn Steve's do we have here anyways?)

I was here first... the rest of you Steve's have to change your name legally if you want to continue posting here!

Steve (The REAL one)

[OnMedic]

Anyone else done a screen like this and have board shrinkage problems?

[wmccall]

OnMedic (aka Steve.... How many darn Steve's do we have here anyways?)

TOTALLY OFF TOPIC POST ALERT!

I use to cover the SPORT of R/C Car racing and was sent to the Nationals in Savannah Georgia.  One race featured several well known names in the industry who happened to be named Mike.  The race announcers had a great time with that, but nobody seemed to notice that the next two races had 4 or 5 "bubba"s.

[UnderTheStars]

Wow, sorry to hear you're having a problem with shrinkage.  I've used cedar but never that style fence - (mostly the "ventilated privacy" type w/vertical boards alternate front-to-back on horizontal stringers, or "picket fence" style.)

Western red cedar is supposed to be one of the more dimensionally stable outdoor woods.   Was it kiln dried, green?  You might ask the supplier what they can tell you about how it was dried and if you should expect it to become more stable after it has weathered to some point. . .sorry, I don't know more about it.
Stars

[OnMedic]

Under,

Purchased the wood at the local big box... I wouldn't expect very many intelligent answers there!

[Chas]

The problem is: if it shrinks now, will it swell back up in wet weather. You may want to let it shrink to it's tiniest and then seal it.

I wouldn't take up the slack until you're sure it won't attempt to swell back up next winter.