I'm in the process of building a pole barn for my workshop.A neighbor offered me some sycamore logs.they're 16'long and between 8-18"in diameter.My question is;Is sycamore usable for board and batten siding.People around here often use pine with good results,would sycamore last any longer?I know I'll have to seal the wood,just wondering how it'll weather.Any feedback will be helpful.
Thanks,
Rick
man I have got to quit opening a reply box to be the first to respond and then walking off before I type. :sneaky2:
The UPS man drove up so that's my excuse this time.
I would say quartersaw it and sell it to pay for cedar siding, but the logs are too small to quarter.
Like Daren said you could flat saw it and use it for framing. It's light enough and the interlocking grain resists splitting very well. But you have to weigh it down real well.
sycamore works well as siding if u put it on right always nail your boards on the same as the tree grows sycamore boards will feather in time if they are standing uprite the feathering will direct water away I know of several barns with sycamore siding that are over 80 years old and they still look great
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