Redwood or Cedar?

Darin wrote:
> I guess I forgot to mention that the doors will be painted, not stained...

You realize, of course, that painting redwood is a hangin'
offense.
Dave in Fairfax
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Darin wrote:
> I'm after longevity here :-)
> (I have a friend up here in Minneapolis whose 1906 foursquare is painted
> redwood clapboard.)

Glad to hear it, the first part that is. My Old Man and I
designed a two story ranch with multiple fireplaces when I lived
in MI, had it built out of Redwood and granite, then he painted it
BLUE. Still haven't forgiven him.

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Probably not too much difference in rot resistance, but the Western cedar
will weather (turn silver) very quickly unless it's painted with CWF or
something like it.
"Darin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm having some custom garage doors built and I can have my choice of
> redwood or cedar for the same price. I haven't seen samples of the
> redwood, but I've seen the cedar -- typical western red cedar with some
> tight knots. (I'm guessing the redwood will be straighter with fewer
knots.)
>
> Which has better decay resistance? I've been assuming redwood, but I
> figured I'd ask you folks (who presumably have more experience with this
> sort of thing :-)
>
> Darin

I took down a two car redwood garage door several years back when i
convereted my
garage into the shop. The door was built in 1960 and had no signs of
weather damage. I salvaged the hardware off the door, and the wood was
still in very good shape/
daviswoodshop


"Darin" <[email protected]> wrote
> I'm having some custom garage doors built and I can have my choice of
> redwood or cedar for the same price. I haven't seen samples of the
> redwood, but I've seen the cedar -- typical western red cedar with some
> tight knots. (I'm guessing the redwood will be straighter with fewer
knots.)
>
> Which has better decay resistance? I've been assuming redwood, but I
> figured I'd ask you folks (who presumably have more experience with this
> sort of thing :-)
>
> Darin

I guess I forgot to mention that the doors will be painted, not stained...

rj wrote:
> Probably not too much difference in rot resistance, but the Western cedar
> will weather (turn silver) very quickly unless it's painted with CWF or
> something like it.

I'm after longevity here :-)

(I have a friend up here in Minneapolis whose 1906 foursquare is painted
redwood clapboard.)

dave in fairfax wrote:
> Darin wrote:
>
>>I guess I forgot to mention that the doors will be painted, not stained...
>
>
> You realize, of course, that painting redwood is a hangin'
> offense.
> Dave in Fairfax