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   DavidxDoud | Sep 23, 2003 04:10am | #1

   I helped repair a redwood sided structure where the material appeared much like yours.... (in our project,  some of the siding was labeled on the back)  -  good luck with your project...

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   FrankB89 | Sep 23, 2003 04:27am | #2

   I would agree with the Redwood I.D.

   Coincidentally, I was installing new sliders in a house over the weekend that had painted Redwood beveled siding nearly identical to your pic.

    

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   decornut | Sep 23, 2003 04:54am | #3

   OK, redwood it is.  Thank you both.  Since that was so easy, how about the garage siding ?  (Built sometime after the house, but I'm not sure when).

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   Piffin | Sep 23, 2003 05:09am | #4

   First is redwood or red cedar. The smell would tell. Redwood more like cat piss but red cedaar is aromatic.

   Second one I am less sure of. Looks like a pine but colour is on the dark side..

   Excellence is its own reward!

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   FastEddie1 | Sep 23, 2003 05:11am | #5

   Looks like southern yellow pine to me.

   r ... we would like you better if you would download Irfanview (do a google) so you can reduce the kb of your pics.

   Do it right, or do it twice.

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   Piffin | Sep 23, 2003 05:25am | #6

   There are some western pines like a ponderosa this could be too.but i think you are on the right trail The corner bord on the rdwood siding looks almost definitely like SYP.

   Excellence is its own reward!

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   decornut | Sep 23, 2003 05:37am | #8

   I certainly want everyone to like me better, so I will check out Irfanview.  (I assumed that a large picture with a lot of detail would be helpful for the ID).

   MY eyes are closing for the night.  Thanks to everyone so far.

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   FastEddie1 | Sep 23, 2003 06:53am | #10

   The size of the pic is not really relevant...it's the number of bits or bytes or nibbles that matters.  What you give up is resolution, but it's not generally noticeable on most monitors.  What you gain is download time.  It works well if the picture size is under about 100 kb.Do it right, or do it twice.

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   decornut | Sep 23, 2003 01:19pm | #15

   piffin, yeah I was hoping that I would smell something as a hint while I was sanding the crap out of each board, but I really didn't smell anything at all.  Since I didn't get any kind of cedar-like odor, I was leaning toward redwood.  (Although some have told me that some species of cedar don't smell - I guess you don't make cedar chests out of that wood).

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   DavidxDoud | Sep 23, 2003 05:31am | #7

   I probably should quit while i'm ahead,  but...  I'd say your corner board is definately yellow pine - - the siding could be one or more of several species of pine and you probably couldn't say for sure without some magnified examination of pores/rings - -

   if you want to talk to the expert,  post this over in 'Knots' and get Jon Arno's opinion...

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   goldhiller | Sep 23, 2003 06:02am | #9

   Not askin' much, are ya? <g>

   I personally wouldn't even venture a guess on that.

   If you're really curious or have need to know, slice off a piece and see if you can get it to Jon Arno via the Knots forum.

   He'll likely look at it under a microscope or or Ruper 30 power and let ya know. :-)

   Knowledge is power, but only if applied in a timely fashion.

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   MisterT | Sep 23, 2003 12:45pm | #11

   OLD!!!Mr T

   Do not try this at home!

   I am an Experienced Professional!

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   r_ignacki | Sep 25, 2003 04:41am | #16

   [ sniff ]   [sniff]

   [taste]   {taste}

      Shlt house door off a tuna boat!

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   larryscabnuts | Sep 25, 2003 07:05am | #17

   The garage may be spruce or cypress. Its Dolly Varden cottage siding.

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   junkhound | Sep 25, 2003 09:02am | #18

   For absolutely definitive answer via electon microscope scan, smell etc, etc. etc......

   On any wood that contains cellulose!

   send a 6 inch sample with what you want to know and where the sample came from (your siding) (think they'd really like leaves, bark, etc. too) to :

   Center for Wood anatomy research

   1 Gifford Pinchot Dr.

   Madison WI, 53705-2398

   Its still a 'free' service courtesy (this year) of GW and congress.  5 samples a year maximum, after that you may get zapped big time.

   PS: Beware, in early 90's, first time I got an internet hit on "wood anatomy", there were already a number of porn sites using the nomenclature.

   PPS: be sure you tell them fine homebuilding sent you and also courtesy of WSJ article quite a few years back.

   PPS: You can also go by and do your own research, they have the world's largest collection of samples - over 100,000 - did'ja know there were that many types of trees? 

   Very humbling experience for anybody thinks they know wood to look thru one of the library catalogs of wood samples, it's like a 3 YO reading (even assuming they are so smart they can already read) the Oxford dictionary.

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   decornut | Sep 26, 2003 04:45am | #19

   Again, thanks everybody for your opinions.  Junkhound, believe it or not, you jogged my memory and I think I actually read that WSJ article a long time ago.  I had completely forgotten it.  (At the time I was reading the WSJ just for the business news).  As soon as I get a chance I'll mail a sample or two off to them (Minus leaves and bark).  Then I'll report back and we'll crown the winners.

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   MisterT | Sep 23, 2003 12:49pm | #12

   Wedstern Red Cedar

   Mr T

   Do not try this at home!

   I am an Experienced Professional!

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   xMikeSmith | Sep 23, 2003 01:01pm | #13

   red cedar in a "dolly varden"  or " novelty siding" patternMike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   decornut | Sep 23, 2003 01:14pm | #14

   So, Mr T, your vote of western red cedar is for the house siding, not the garage. Correct ?  (Don't want anybody's vote to get disenfranchised !)