Sonja and Eddie took these pictures of the cabin Friday. A crew was putting pine siding on the house. We had planned to use cedar siding, but Scott called last week and asked if we would go with pine. It's more readily available, he said, and waiting on an order of cedar siding would slow down the project. Randy and I spent a couple days thinking about it and googling "Virginia yellow pine," which apparently is quite rare. Frustrated by the lack of information, Randy finally called the Southern Pine Council and the local sawmill Scott is buying the siding from.
Virginia pine trees don't grow very large, so their commercial applications are usually limited to pulp and packing crates. The pine council guy said if it was milled for siding, he didn't think there would be a problem with using it for that and it would probably have an interesting, unusual look because of the numerous small knots. He also said a small mill would be making it because larger ones wouldn't take the time to mill siding from such small trees. The owner of the mill said he's sold a lot of this siding for cabins in Mentone because it has such a rustic look. He's planning to build a cabin there and says he's going to use it.
So we told Scott to go ahead. Since this siding is cheaper than cedar, we're going to trade it out for the extra interior rock facing on the chimney.
We're going to look at the cabin tomorrow, and are going to meet with Scott Monday to pick out a stain color for the siding. The stain product is also a weather protectant. We're going to go with a gray shade; I think that will give the house an aged appearance.
I would have liked to have used salvaged siding for the house, both for the look of it and to avoid contributing to deforestation, but like a lot of salvaged items I'd like to buy for the house, it's way too expensive.
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How's the siding so far? It seems like a decent alternative for cedar, but the one to decide its usefulness is the test of time. Well, if that pine has been recommended to you, then there’s no need to worry about that. From the looks of it, a rustic look would be great around the area of the cabin.
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