Cedar siding is a traditional choice, offering unique grain patterns, rich colors, and a range of practical benefits which includes:
- Natural resistance to UV and insect damage
- Keeps warmth in, cold out, cool in, heat out from season to season
- Natural noise reduction
Consider the appearance of cedar siding
Cedar siding demonstrates an appealing golden-to-amber color range, often sought after for a warm, laid back visual effect. Naturally versatile, cedar siding is easily stained to greatly expand your choices in color.
The grain patterns which are natural in cedar siding are the basis for imitation in other siding options. But cedar is a true original, a perfectly suited natural material for siding that appeals to everyone.
Consider the practical advantages of cedar siding
- cedar is easy to saw and nail.
- cedar is light-weight
- cedar is extremely stable thanks to the long strands which make it up
- cedar has naturally occurring chemicals within it that preserve it from rain, UV rays, insect damage, and from clip or nail corrosion.
Choose a types of cedar siding
- Bevel cedar siding – each piece of siding is sawed at an angle, producing a wedge that tapers from top to bottom. Bevel cedar siding is installed horizontally, overlapped to allow a signature shadow line effect. This is an extremely popular choice in wood siding.
- Channel Siding – Channel cedar siding is a sub-category of lap siding, which can be installed horizontally and vertically. Unlike bevel siding, a groove appears between each profile, creating a “channel” effect. The boards themselves are connected beneath these profiles, with an adaptive nature with respect to shrinkage and expansion due to temperature and moisture conditions.
- Tongue and Groove – Popular both as an outdoor siding option as well as an indoor paneling choice, tongue and groove cedar siding is designed for easy installation.
Think about coverage
When buying cedar siding and in considering what style of siding you’re most interested in, it is important to be able to determine the exposure of the siding. This means, when you’re overlapping each piece of siding, how much of the siding surface will be visible. Some of this comes down to your own personal taste. Other aspects of this are determined by you local building codes. Make sure that any siding projects you’re planning are in compliance with these codes.