On Jun 18, 6:34 pm, " wrote:
On Jun 18, 4:24?pm, "Bob F" wrote:

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have friend with cedar siding, at 20 years home needs resided, birds
pecked holes in siding looks bad, maintenance costly.

I have cedar siding, 80 years old. Where I stripped and re-painted, it
looks better than new. And I do mean better than anything I've seen on
new houses.

Of course it does need periodic maintenance.

Bob

few people go to all the work of stripping and repainting plus 80 year
old siding was old growth wood. grows slow extra strong and hard. much
more stable.

new farm raised wood is softer, bigger rings less strong rots easier
and probably wouldn't make even 40 years let alone 80. its why wood
twists bends and such today. its farm raised fast and not nearly as
good.

Sometimes slower growth (cooler climate, naturally seeded) forested
Canadian wood is deemed denser, slightly stronger, more stable and
more desirable for that reason. Problem is that lumber lobbyists in US
have succeeded in having protective tariffs placed on imported,
lumber! That and the currently falling value of the US dollar isn't
helping US house building costs!