For specific western red cedar siding grades please visit the siding grading page.
Cedar lap siding grades.
Pattern sidings clear 4 in tongue and groove cedar siding with light brown semi transparent stain.
Clear and knotty or stk.
This siding type can also be supplied kilnd dried or green unseasoned.
Just like in school the higher the letter the better quality it is with a representing the very finest cedar siding.
Tongue and groove siding is manufactured in clear grades suitable for a more formal elegant appearance particularly when pieces are smooth faced knotty grades are in demand for their smart casual look.
Knotty cedar presents a more rustic appearance and is typically supplied green unseasoned in the.
Cedar is also graded based on appearance which is called appearance grade or select lumber.
The problem is water.
The two most common patterns for lap siding are going to be shiplap with a center match pattern or channel rustic.
Highest grade fewest knots is the top of the line wood.
Clear grades are manufactured to order.
Lap sidings are normally supplied in a variety of patterns either green unseasoned or dry in clear or knotty grades and with a smooth or saw textured face.
Appearance grade is primarily for non structural lumber under 2 thick.
Water gets behind the wood and causes problems.
Western red cedar siding grades.
This is the rarest.
Near clear has very few very tiny knots and a median price point for the knot so fond.
The face side is saw textured.
Within each of these varieties the cedar is given a letter grade such as d and better or c and better.
By the time you realize there is a problem the cost to repair it is in the thousands or tens of thousands.
Lap sidings can come in a variety of different sizes patterns and grades.
There are also two other terms under appearance grade cedar.
Saw textured the saw textured surface.
1x8 dutch lap cedar siding customer select grade mill pre stained and drying on racks.
Our stk tight knot grade.
This is an architect grade.
Clear cedar has a limited number of natural characteristics and is specified when appearance of the.
C and better clear.
Cedar siding grades clear cedar.
Channel siding is normally supplied in unseasoned knotty grades.