*
I’m installing cedar clapboard siding over a vented air space. The cedar will be stained with a semi-transparent stain. Is back priming with the semi-transparent stain necessary?
Discussion Forum
Discussion Forum
Up Next
Video Shorts
Featured Story
Listeners write in about ventilation and radon control and ask questions about tightening basement garages, ventilation solutions, and safer paint stripper.
Highlights
Fine Homebuilding Magazine
Fine Home Building
Follow
-
Fine Homebuilding
Dig into cutting-edge approaches and decades of proven solutions with total access to our experts and tradespeople.
Start Free Trial Now -
GBA Prime
Get instant access to the latest developments in green building, research, and reports from the field.
Start Free Trial Now
- Home Group
- Antique Trader
- Arts & Crafts Homes
- Bank Note Reporter
- Cabin Life
- Cuisine at Home
- Fine Gardening
- Fine Woodworking
- Green Building Advisor
- Garden Gate
- Horticulture
- Keep Craft Alive
- Log Home Living
- Military Trader/Vehicles
- Numismatic News
- Numismaster
- Old Cars Weekly
- Old House Journal
- Period Homes
- Popular Woodworking
- Script
- ShopNotes
- Sports Collectors Digest
- Threads
- Timber Home Living
- Traditional Building
- Woodsmith
- World Coin News
- Writer's Digest
Replies
*
It wouldn't hurt. However, it's much more important to be concerned about good moisture control than back primingd. As I'm not really sure what you mean by a vented air space (I assume you mean a crawl space under the home), I can't say with any certainty. But you can be sure of one thing: if you don't have good moisture control under the cedar, then back priming will only delay the inevitable for a few years. Some examples of moisture control are waterproofing concrete or concrete block, splines at the joints of your cedar, dripways and weep holes. Of course, there are others and it depends a lot on where you live.