Using pine for outbuildings?

[Jstpssng]

Pine makes fine construction lumber and decent siding too and .25/ft. is pretty cheap, I won't mill a log that cheaply...

Here's white pine board/baton siding,

Other styles of siding can be made too, no problem at all...

SR

.25 is what I pay also. He has a circular mill so can probably saw faster, but you lose a lot more wood as sawdust. For low value wood like pine the loss isn't a big deal, but if I had a high value hardwood I would prefer the overrun that a bandsaw can produce.

 

[EddieWalker]

I have several large pine trees that I need to cut down. Is there any way to use pine for siding on an outbuilding?
It seems a waste to just burn the trees when I can get it cut into lumber for about 25 cents per board foot.

I can use treated wood for the framing but was wondering is there anything that I could put on the pine to make it last as siding?

Thanks

Depends on where you are, your climate and your bugs. Here in East Texas, it doesn't lave very long. Humidity in summer will keep it wet, bugs will find it and if not protected, they will eat it. Mold also loves untreated wood.

I've seen pine up in Wyoming on homes that were over a hundred years old that still looked great. No humidity or bugs to deal with there.

 

[goeduck]

We have cluster flies and I think that is what they are after.

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Ouch.