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i’m thinking about putting wood shingles on the exterior of a house i’m working on.
what are the best looking shingles in your opinion? how do they weather?
what’s the best way to finish them?
what shingles last the longest/how long do they last?
what’s the best way to fix them (going over 1″ rigid foam which is on ply sheathing)?
nails OR staples?
any and all answer’s are appreciated!
thank’s
good luck!
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Artificial ones are the best, look the best and last the longest.
Sad but true.
Exposed wood is a maintenance challenged siding at best.
But then if you consider vinyl, we will have to shoot you.
If you can't afford masonry then consider stucco.
If you can't afford stucco then consider woodgrained artificial planking products.
If you're hell bent on wood, don't use tyvek, use felt paper instead. Strap horizontally.
Use the wood of your choice but do prime or treat both sides and any cuts you make.
Use galvanized nails or shoot it on.
Wood siding does cut into huntin and fishin time.
Gabe
*the best wood shingles are Red Cedar, resquared & rebutt (R&R) , Factory Dipped....untreated sidewall used to last 50 years.. now expect 30.. but a renewable surface (factory finished) that is maintained.. the reds will last forever
*Gabe, you gave my answer. Wood is beautiful and big time expensive in the long run.It would be wise to consider the local climate and the site as well as establishing the maintenance costs.Wooded sites in relatively wet climates will reduce the lifespan and increase maintenance.Here in PA, only a select few choose wood exteriors. My brother in law burns about 40 or 50k every five years to repaint and it only looks good about half the time. But he's a purist and can afford it. Still I don't think it will be too long before he converts at least some of it to man made products.
*Eddie.... Ceder Breather....or furring strips for nailers. Keep 'em off a solid surface if you can , so moisture can't build up. Give any wood dark and H2O = fungus and decay. Wood is a maintance product as everybody before says. But IF maintaned could last your lifetime , then it's someone else,s problem. Good Luck!! QWC Bill D.
*I have got wood shingles on my house and they look pretty good after twenty years. They are the cheapest grade of white cedar for siding, tight knots in the bottom five inches. That's what I could afford. $30 per square. If we stained every five years, it would look better. Last year I stripped the siding off a large "camp" that was 100 years old. Some of the siding was perfect but some was paper thin and riddled with wood pecker holes. It is the sun that eats into this siding and will eventually cause it to fail. Still, a hundred years ain't bad.
*I'd like to hear more about cedar shingles for wall siding, Western New York area. Tell me how you have used firring strips to keep it off the sheathing.
*White oak.....good for a 100 years. Have a deep wallet.
*Brick.we as a nation need to move away from wood.
*Bill, What's cedar breather?
*To ED Hardwicke, Could you please explain to all of us why " we as nation need to move away from wood". This should be interesting.
*My guess on this one is he thinks that we are using up too many trees. By the way we are working on a house that we know is at least 75/80 years old, and we are going to use cedar shakes for the siding. It may take a few more years to save the money for it, but Lars is a "woodman" and that is what he really wants for the house.Tamara
*I see so much time and energy spent on repair of wood homes. Caused by the elements combined with bad design, bad construction, bad painting and bad wood. Wood windows and doors totally exposed to the rain, untreated floor joists under patio doors (that leak), non treated "brick mold" around the garage doors rotting where water splashed on it, lots and lots and lots of termite damage (I am in theSouth) and then I go on a quick trip to Europe and see steel doors and steel door frames, masonry walls, etc and on a trip to a Carribbean island tour a "no wood" condo project -steel doors, stone lintels, stone window sills and stone door treads, block or poured walls, masonry tile floors, metal kitchen cabinets, alu windows etc .I turn on Bob Villa and a (good) New England carpenter/craftsman spends about 1/2 a day building a functional but not especially pretty door of untreated wood that will be totally exposed. How many days or months before it warps, the paint peels and it looks bad/ Of course you can live next to the door and keep painting.Of course you can spend your life working on your house.I live in a contemporary wood home and its pretty and I like it BUT / when I move or build it wont be wood. It will be lo maintenance.
*ed..i'm with you...every detail we can we try to go with the low maintenance.. fibercement.. trex.. GP Prime Trim... vinyl clad windows...and generous overhangs..attention to splash zones...yada, yada, yada..
*relevant advice from U. Utah Phillips:i "Never buy anything you have to feed or paint."