What wood is the best for outside roof cupola? The cupola will be painted white.

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What wood is the best for outside roof cupola? The cupola will be painted white.

1--Treated pine. Leave it outdoors a month or so before painting.

2--Cypress

3--Redwood or Eastern red cedar.

Just my opinion


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 GW Ross 

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G. Ross wrote:
wrote:
What wood is the best for outside roof cupola? The cupola will be painted white.

1--Treated pine. Leave it outdoors a month or so before painting.

2--Cypress

3--Redwood or Eastern red cedar.

Just my opinion


And aluminum nails or SS screws.

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 GW Ross 

 I'm setting my phaser on 'tickle.' 

On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:20:02 -0500, "G. Ross"
wrote:

G. Ross wrote:
wrote:
What wood is the best for outside roof cupola? The cupola will be painted white.

1--Treated pine. Leave it outdoors a month or so before painting.

2--Cypress

3--Redwood or Eastern red cedar.

Just my opinion


And aluminum nails or SS screws.
Years ago I would have used Douglas Fir.
Today I'd likely use cedar. I hate PT wood for ANYTHING.

Might even be tempted to do it with vinyl and not need to paint it.

G. Ross wrote:
wrote:
What wood is the best for outside roof cupola? The cupola will be
painted white.

1--Treated pine. Leave it outdoors a month or so before painting.

2--Cypress

3--Redwood or Eastern red cedar.

Just my opinion

Might be a good suggestion, but I would have to ask where the poster is
located.

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-Mike-

On 1/3/2014 7:21 AM, wrote:
What wood is the best for outside roof cupola? The cupola will be painted white.



The most trouble free might not be wood at all, maybe something like a
compost like Trex.