Old Growth Redwood Siding

Today the reclaimed redwood is a unique material often feathery or scaly on one side due to decades of contact with changing water levels and a faded gray on the other.

Old growth redwood siding. Reclaimed would probably need to be resawn and planed but would still have some value. This includes sawmills warehouses industrial buildings houses and barns. Wood that we carefully dismantle from structures whose useful life has ended. Firstly it seems it is old growth redwood.

For each of these redwood siding patterns we can provide a suitable redwood grade for almost any situation. Quality old growth redwood from salvage redwood lumber supply company llc works diligently to provide the best architectural redwood materials possible while minimizing impact on the environment. The all heartwood old growth is extremely resistant to decay insects and remains perfect after lying outdoors for up to 130 years. Interior tongue and groove 3 4 x 5 25 5 75 a foot.

This includes redwood tongue groove siding plain bevel siding rabbeted bevel siding shiplap siding and many more. Below is the variety of patina from the exterior shiplap. This means that most redwood siding is old and often in need of care. For new growth redwood available locally i pay about 9 a board foot.

Based on your desired appearance you can decide whether to use rough cut lumber or take advantage of our custom surfacing capabilities for a. The painters believe they can paint the wood. They d need to scrape each board inch by inch. Below is a sample of the interior tongue and groove.

Forever redwood s old growth comes from logs left on the ground when the forest was first logged between 1880 and 1970. Reclaimed old growth redwood. One way to care for redwood siding is to paint it. You must take extra care in the preparation of the siding because it is softwood and will mar more easily than hardwoods.

We sell only sustainably managed new growth redwood in green and dry varieties or a large selection of vertical grain old growth redwood lumber that is either salvaged or carefully deconstructed from buildings and structures throughout the west coast. Established in 1986 we are suppliers of pacific coast softwood lumber primarily reclaimed redwood western red cedar and douglas fir. Managed new and old growth redwood lumber our redwood lumber for sale is environmentally friendly. It would be a sin to haul it to the landfill but to expect a lot of profit from it after the work in removing it is probably unrealistic.

Redwood from water and wine tanks water tanks were once a staple of farms around the country and the durable knot free wood of old growth redwood was a favorite material for building them. Originally constructed in 1950 the beautiful home of the cope s was fully clad out in phenomenal clear vertical grain old growth redwood. Exterior shiplap 5 8ths x7 ish 5 75 a foot. All redwood siding patterns are available with smooth surfaced or resawn faces.

If the house was built in 1925 the trees that built our house were standing during the civil war.