Rough Vs Smooth Cedar Siding

Seems to me most people use rough side out these days but most old siding i m familiar with is smooth not rough.

Rough vs smooth cedar siding.

When making a selection below to narrow your results down each selection made will reload the page to display the desired results. Clear cedar which is a higher grade than 1 comes from the heart center of the tree and has no knots and few blemishes. Cedar that is graded 1 comes from closer to the heart of the tree than 2 and has fewer and smaller knots. Buzzards bay gray eastern white cedar shingle siding 25 sq.

Wide boards are installed side by side and. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. I am going to make some brood boxes this winter and decided to experiment with wood other than pine. Whenever you want a rustic look in and around your house you want to make sure the lumber company can furnish you with a rough cut cedar as opposed to a smooth cut cedar.

Cedar even butt. Lp smartside building soffits are a perfect. Lap shiplap channel cedar siding. The cedar i have is planed 3 sides and rough on one side.

This is a vertical siding product. Board and batten cedar siding. I am going to make a few cedar catalpa and maybe sassafras boxes and seal them with exterior water base polyurethane to let the wood grains show. For a traditional look that accentuates the architectural features of any home choose smooth finish.

Box model ehd0810336 116 98 box 116 98 box free delivery. Cedar texture or smooth soffit. The more you know regarding rough cedar lumber the easier it will be to determine what projects you can take on when you have access to the wood. Shakertown craftsman 8 1 4 in.

For greater project flexibility get reversible trim with the natural look of cedar on one side and a smooth finish on the other. Both rough and smooth faces are offered too. Rough one side smooth on the other 33 smooth 2 smooth sanded 4 nominal thickness x width. Rough sawn cedar lap siding is a lesser grade of cedar with imperfections that is cut with a large circular or band saw with no further surface treatment so the face grain is raised.

Since i have already had a problem with moths i hope the cedar will help with that. Siding product is cedar rough one side planed on the other. The property is 1770 s and while i don t know the exact age of this barn it has a lot of timber sawn on reciprocating mills so it is probably pre 1830. Smooth cedar lap siding is clear knot free cedar planed to be completely smooth so it can be stained or painted.