We s t e r n Red Cedar

IrFOI{E (;UESTS cntcr'\'our fl'ont door. thc exlcriot' or ccnturics. hon.rcon'rrcrs huve Ilrvorccl Wcstcrn Rccl 'cclar as thcir choicc fbr creatinc, bcaulrlLtl htrnc crtct'iols. 's nu u onrler: C'cclar is u ell knou'r.t lirr its lool<s. crsati Iity and clurabi Iit1,. cr.r, siding nratcrials boast thc crcrlcntials ol'ceclar. ll-otr s ricli cololing to its ability to cnclure harsh ueather onclitions. "YoLr uotrld bc harul prcssccl to tlnd a proclr-rct rat docs a bcttcr.job of giving hol.t.tcottncrs thc appearancc rcv \\'ant and thc perlirrnrancc they rreecl," says Pctcr Lang. rcsiclqrt o1'the Wcstcrn Rccl C'ctlnl I.unrber i\ssociation. C'cclar's clistinctir c grrritt 1rrlttcr'ns gir e it genuinc \\'anlth" ,,hilc its flbcls contain conrl.lourrrls tlrat prcscr'\'e thc wood ,'ithout harsh chcnricrls. I1's thc bcst o1'both ri orlcls." listorically, thc Inost lvide lv r,tsccl ccclar stclilrg tr pt- is ,cvcl sicling. Installccl horizontally, bclel sidirrg givcs un ttractivc shacluw line. u'hich varics uith thc thickncss ol' icling selccterl. Anothcr popLrlar choicc is boarcl-alrcl,attcn sicling. a vcr-tical clcsign crcatccl using 'ur iclc clcar ur nottl, ccclur boards spacccl apart u,itlt narro\\'cr "batlcn" ovcring thc joints. s..rha f3

Iomcou'ncrs looking to aclcl charnr or rccrcale a particular rcriod l'ccl oficrr choosc ccdar shakcs. Shakcs alc no\\ i'ailable i n pancl izccl scct lons. dramatical ly i tnprrtv i ttr: nstallation tirnc.

Sincc ceclar is so f'lcrrblc. it can be specif iecl in a varicty' o1'othcr \\'avs as u cll. tion'r clraulrtic u,ar,)' crlgc sicling to thc nrorc Ionnal lincs of touguc ancl gro0\ c. Thc possibilitres arc ncarlv lirnitless.

What's rnorc. \\jcstcrn Rctl Ccclar is fl'cc o1'thc pitch lrncl resin liruncl in othcr soflu'octds. Tlral nrakes it idcal fitr a l idc range ol'llnishcs. Fronr lightly tonccl clcar stllutiorrs to two-coat solicl colols. Wcstcln Rccl ('ccierr rattks at thc top in its ability' to acccpt and nraitrluit.t a flnish. ['ropcrlr' f-lrished. Wcstcrn Rccl Cetlal u ill last fbl tlecacics. cvcrt itr halsh errr ironmcnts.

Eallicr gcneralions of hotrrcor'r'ncrs tliscovcrccl anolher' bcncllt ot'Wcstet'n Rctl Ccilar is its clintcnsional stabilrtv. Thc cvcn grain and relalivclv consistcnt clctrsitv ntal<c \\/es1clr.r Ilcd ('cdal less Jikcly to swell. warll. cull ttncl ttrisl than othcr soli and hartlu'oods. ,\s a rcsltll. it lics lllrt arrtl strai ght.

\\lcstcm Rccl ( cdar also irnplovcs thc itisttlatiolt of ltotrcs ancl bLrildincs b1, trans1-rrtrting lcss heat tl'rrtltrgh crtcritlr u all sitling than bricl< or stollc. r'itrvl ttt' gvltstlltt clry n all. ('otrr ct'sclr'. it hclps ke t-p irttcr iot's \\ ar'rttcl' in coltl wcathcr r''n'ith its lolv thclrral conduclir itr' ltropcrtics.

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