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   R_Keith_Hilpl | Mar 06, 1999 06:18am | #1

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   I am in the planning/estimating phase of building a house...I
   am planning on being the GC. I understand that pine clapboard
   can be used in place of Cedar provided that all 6 sides are
   primed at a significant cost savings. I am concerned that I
   may still pay for this decision in the future... any "experienced"
   opinions.

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   Guest_ | Mar 06, 1999 10:04am | #2

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   Keith, don't do it. Most pine clapboard I see is grade 2, or 3 at best. You will have problems from pine pitch, knots, blisters, splits, etc...
   Go Cedar or Mahogany instead, well worth the price IF it's a house you care about and for. Labor/aggravation much less in the short and long run. Go with a stain or bleach-in product as is the
   Cabots line and skip the paint. Locally, Mahogany is going for 5 cents a foot less than Cedar or about double of pine clapboard.

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   R._Keith_Hilpl | Mar 06, 1999 06:37pm | #3

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   Thanks George...I will take your advice into
   consideration!

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   Guest_ | Mar 07, 1999 12:49am | #4

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   Past experience with pine siding showed a greater tendancy to extractive bleeding which made a hell of a mess of the foundation parging. I never experienced this to anywhere near the same degree with cedar!

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   Guest_ | Mar 07, 1999 07:20am | #5

   *SimonDid you try sealing the knots & pitch pockets with shellac first???

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   Guest_ | Mar 09, 1999 04:38am | #7

   *The problem was not with the knots etc., but with the stain bleeding out of (or off) the wood siding. I never saw this with cedar, only with the pine siding!

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   R_Keith_Hilpl | Mar 09, 1999 04:38am | #6

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   I am in the planning/estimating phase
   of building a house...I am planning
   on being the GC. I understand that
   pine clapboard can be used in place
   of Cedar provided that all 6 sides
   are primed at a significant cost
   savings. I am concerned that I may still
   pay for this decision in the future...
   any "experienced" opinions.