Cedar Shake Siding Smooth Or Rough Side

Cedar texture or smooth soffit.

Cedar shake siding smooth or rough side.

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. On the sides that did not directly face the sun it s still in excellent shape. Cedar shake siding provides a beautiful and natural looking material to finish a home s exterior. Cedar shakes and shingles.

Standard siding options are also available. Lp smartside building soffits are a perfect. The effect is somewhat old fashioned and traditional and blends in nicely in woodsy or rural settings. This is clapboard by the way not shakes.

Click to add item 3 4 x 10 red cedar bevel siding to the compare list. When making a selection below to narrow your results. Cedar shake siding and cedar shingle siding is the look most buyers crave when they consider real wood siding. They re made to provide all the luxurious beauty of traditional wood shingle siding installations without the required maintenance.

I am going to make some brood boxes this winter and decided to experiment with wood other than pine. Rough one side smooth on the other 33 smooth 2 smooth sanded 4 nominal thickness x width. The cedar i have is planed 3 sides and rough on one side. Cedar shakes are slim hand cut pieces of wood that give the outside of the house a rustic look.

Since i have already had a problem with moths i hope the cedar will help with that. For greater project flexibility get reversible trim with the natural look of cedar on one side and a smooth finish on the other. The cedar siding on my house was installed smooth side out and painted in 1909. Seems to me most people use rough side out these days but most old siding i m familiar with is smooth not rough.

Log in or create an account to post a comment. Cedar shakes are sawn and resawn 16 length 3 4 butts used for siding or roofing. Boards are available from 1 2 to 5 4 thick with widths from 2 to 12. For a traditional look that accentuates the architectural features of any home choose smooth finish.

Siding product is cedar rough one side planed on the other. Vinyl smart side brick siding engineered wood cement siding stone siding. Both rough sawn and surfaced smooth textures are available to match the rest of your siding or to introduce contrast. 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.