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I am in the planning/estimating phase
of building a house…I am planning
on being the GC. I understand that
pine clapboard can be used in place
of Cedar provided that all 6 sides
are primed at a significant cost
savings. I am concerned that I may still
pay for this decision in the future…
any “experienced” opinions.
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I am in the planning/estimating phase of building a house...I
am planning on being the GC. I understand that pine clapboard
can be used in place of Cedar provided that all 6 sides are
primed at a significant cost savings. I am concerned that I
may still pay for this decision in the future... any "experienced"
opinions.
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Keith, don't do it. Most pine clapboard I see is grade 2, or 3 at best. You will have problems from pine pitch, knots, blisters, splits, etc...
Go Cedar or Mahogany instead, well worth the price IF it's a house you care about and for. Labor/aggravation much less in the short and long run. Go with a stain or bleach-in product as is the
Cabots line and skip the paint. Locally, Mahogany is going for 5 cents a foot less than Cedar or about double of pine clapboard.
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Thanks George...I will take your advice into
consideration!
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Past experience with pine siding showed a greater tendancy to extractive bleeding which made a hell of a mess of the foundation parging. I never experienced this to anywhere near the same degree with cedar!
*SimonDid you try sealing the knots & pitch pockets with shellac first???
*The problem was not with the knots etc., but with the stain bleeding out of (or off) the wood siding. I never saw this with cedar, only with the pine siding!
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I am in the planning/estimating phase
of building a house...I am planning
on being the GC. I understand that
pine clapboard can be used in place
of Cedar provided that all 6 sides
are primed at a significant cost
savings. I am concerned that I may still
pay for this decision in the future...
any "experienced" opinions.