Why White Cedar? Because I like how it weathers silver gray, instead of red black.
I became aware of the difference when I was stationed in new london CT, and really liked how weathered cedar and white trim looked there. Now Im breaking ground in Iowa soon, and want my barn shaped building to have white cedar in board and batten.
I did a small white cedar project on the exterior walls of a deck area years ago, and remember I had to travel to buy the white cedar..
Can anyone who knows the industry give me some tips on how I can economically buy enough white cedar board and batten for a 50×80 stick built barn project in Iowa? I have a 1 ton truck and trailer..
Thanks!
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Any luck with this?
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White cedar siding is available in Iowa from a number of places, including building product stores and lumber yards:
Story City Building Products: Located at 220 W Broad St., Story City, IA 50248, this store sells real cedar wood siding.
Blairsburg Lumber: Located at 410 Lake St., Blairsburg, IA 50034.
Ogden & Adams Building Solutions: Located in Hiawatha, IA, this store sells cedar bevel siding, aluminum soffit systems, fibered cement siding, and more.
The Home Depot: Sells cedar shingle siding, including Eastern White Cedar and Craftsman cedar shingle siding panels.
Liberty Cedar: Sells Atlantic White Cedar siding, as well as other types of siding.
Heartwood Mills: Sells pre-finished cedar paneling in a variety of colors.
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Thanks, but all these leads are a dead end, or "we will call you back", meaning they might be able to ship it in.. Probably from this place in Wisconsin.. https://whitecedarshingles.com
I needed recently, cedar “panels”. One 8’ course of western red shingle laminated to ply. Ran into the same run around. Contacted the manufacturer in Wa. As I had used their product 35 yrs ago.
I must have impressed or bothered them enough that since we couldn’t get a distributor in a 200 mi. radius, they shipped it direct from their plant to Ohio.
Not cheap but placed in the driveway.
Best of luck.
Thanks.
Ive learned that white cedar boards from the great lakes region are usually less than 8' long and 8" wide and that bigger old growth logs usually have "rot in the center" so 10's and 12's are rare. I was told to use red cedar and a weathering bleaching agent which doesn't seal the wood and "blacken like a stain does".
I could test a few weathering home brews Ive read about here, but Im not to optimistic.