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I am building an exposed beam ceiling with structural 8″x12″ ridges 12′ long and hips 8″x10″ 16’long. We will patina the beams to go with non-structural, old hand hewn beams. What material should I use for the structural beams, Green redwood or Kiln Dried Fur? The engineer has approved either. My concerns are the twisting and splitting of the redwood and getting a good patina that looks good with with the old hand hewn non-structural beams. Any ideas would be appreciated either to the species or patina. Thanks, Bobby
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Good questions that I can't answer. But I am still tempted to make some sort of silly comment about the title.
Maybe later.
*like;Green Red Wood id good at Christmass time because of the colour mixor I personally send my wifes fur out to the dry cleaners.Select Doug Fir is the wood of choice here for post and beam homes. It may still bleed out pitch resins for a couple of years though. The enviro friendly crowd can eat you up about considering using their holy tree - redwoods - for houses of all things.
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I am building an exposed beam ceiling with structural 8"x12" ridges 12' long and hips 8"x10" 16'long. We will patina the beams to go with non-structural, old hand hewn beams. What material should I use for the structural beams, Green redwood or Kiln Dried Fur? The engineer has approved either. My concerns are the twisting and splitting of the redwood and getting a good patina that looks good with with the old hand hewn non-structural beams. Any ideas would be appreciated either to the species or patina. Thanks, Bobby