I have a couple horse stalls I would like to replace the wood siding. The wood isn't that bad, and has never been painted. It has some rot near the bottom, and a few house chews. It is not redwood.I talked to a lumber yard. They told me to use redwood, the other stuff will not lase. The wood on there now is from an old barn Dad tore down years ago. The wood must be close to 100 years old. It has held up all those years just fine except where it was near the ground. What kind of wood should I use to replace the boards besides redwood? Thanks for any Info. Stan
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Stephen Newell
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I've been doing remodeling work for 35 years and I'm not impressed with redwood. It's brittle and deteriorates quicker than western cedar. If you want it to last use pressure treated pine but not Yellawood. More often than not Yellawood brand is just hosed with the copper solution. You can still get some bad wood from any manufacturer. Just pay attention to the wood you cut if the green color goes all the way through it. Regardless of what kind of wood you use a deck of fence sealant would make it last longer.
MarkB_MI
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Well, you're kind of limited by what's regionally available and affordable. Here in Michigan, no lumberyard carries redwood, so it would be out of the question.
Western red cedar has good rot resistance, but is a bit on the soft side. It's readily available in most areas as 7/8" boards roughsawn on one side and smooth on the other. I've milled shiplap siding from these to replace damaged cedar siding on my house. (Nobody carries shiplap siding around here anymore.)
I'm a big fan of Douglas fir. It has good rot resistance, probably not as good as red cedar or redwood but it's acceptable for most uses. It's very hard as softwood goes and quite strong. I don't use it much because it's difficult to get here except as 2x4 studs and 2x10 joists. But if you can get it in appropriate dimensions, that's what I would use.
Western red cedar has good rot resistance, but is a bit on the soft side. It's readily available in most areas as 7/8" boards roughsawn on one side and smooth on the other. I've milled shiplap siding from these to replace damaged cedar siding on my house. (Nobody carries shiplap siding around here anymore.)
I'm a big fan of Douglas fir. It has good rot resistance, probably not as good as red cedar or redwood but it's acceptable for most uses. It's very hard as softwood goes and quite strong. I don't use it much because it's difficult to get here except as 2x4 studs and 2x10 joists. But if you can get it in appropriate dimensions, that's what I would use.
Good chance that 100 year old wood is white oak. Stick with that around a horse. NO TREATED WOOD OR WALNUT, both are toxic to horses! Cedar may get chewed on more than white oak too. Bottom boards won't get chewed so treated should be ok there, but still no black walnut. Red oak is porous so will soak up water/urine.
Janicholson
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If the tops are still adequate, why not just put a rim around the bottom (like base molding, but 1X8 would cover it well. Pressure treated ground exposure rated is OK because it is out of the horses potential chewing zone. Jim
farmerjohn
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The 100 year old wood lasted that long because it was virgin timber, in other words it was sawn from trees that were hundreds of years old when they were cut as the pioneers cleared the land. Nothing you can buy today from anywhere will ever last near as well.
DoubleO7
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Steal siding from up high under the eaves to replace the rotted stuff.
Then replace the up high siding with whatever. The replaced stuff will last long time up under eaves and the old stuff moved down will last another 100.
Then replace the up high siding with whatever. The replaced stuff will last long time up under eaves and the old stuff moved down will last another 100.
DoubleO7
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