Is there some type of Rough Cedar board in odd sizes made for fascias?
My house has some areas with rot that I am fixing and the actual measurements of the lumber used is 5 3/4″ wide x 7/8″ thick. Standard 1 x 6’s are smaller than that. The boards are rough on the painted side and less rough on the other side.
Maybe this 4/4 lumber that has been planed on one side to remove the roughness?
I am in Houston and Clark’s Hardwood lumber has 4/4 cedar but it is tough to make it down there after work.
This isn’t the type of work that is easy to get someone to do, because it’s such a small job, it isn’t worth their time, and the material doesn’t seem to be that common unless you live in the Heights. I have a planner and tablesaw, so I can cut down 4/4 if I have to. I think Kemah Lumber and Supply carries some sort of rough cedar, although I missed getting there before they closed today. Any knowledge is appreciated.
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It used to be standard to install 7/8" cedar fascia to the houses around here. It was, as you describe, rough on one side, and you could (supposedly) pick either side out, depending on the "look" you wanted. The stuff would look nice for maybe five years before it curled badly and began to look like carp.
When we resided I ripped off the cedar and replaced it with PrimeTrim hardboard. That was maybe 15 years ago, and I haven't been sorry. Before that I'd replaced a few really bad pieces with 1x6 redwood (before the price of that went through the roof).
Never have been fond of the "rough sawn" look.
They did the fascias with 2x12 rough cedar in the houses my wife was building but that went to a pre-prime after a while.
I missed the "scrap" I used to find when they were done. Sometimes there was a whole 16' stick or two. Usually it was just a few 6-10' sticks and some smaller pieces. I made all sorts of stuff out of it.
Hit it with a belt sander or run it through a planer and shoot some poly on it and the color just jumps out at you.
It's hard to find decent lumber anymore. When I resided my house I used preprimed redwood fascia boards that I hoarded up for years after the local yard shut down. It had a smooth side and a rough side. The smooth side was so-so, like it was not meant to be the show side, so I put it up rough side out. It goes well with the corny woodgrain on the hardi planks.
It's the same thickness you have now. As I remember it was still pricey at 80% off.
FWIW, what you're probably gonna need is 5/4" X 8" cedar, and rip it to width. The cedar at my yard is generally smooth one side & rough on the other, which it sounds like what you need.
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
Everything fits, until you put glue on it.
I'd say get 1x6 synthetic lumber of some sort and call it good. No one will notice the slight size difference.
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Probably a good work-around solution. Better yet, 5/4 X 6.Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PAEverything fits, until you put glue on it.
The wide dimension is apt to be more critical than the narrow, so if necessary one could rip down 1x8 stock. (The narrow dimension generally does need to be no thicker than the old piece, though, since it must fit behind the existing drip edge in most situations.)
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity. --Jimmy Carter
My house has some areas with rot that I am fixing and the actual measurements of the lumber used is 5 3/4" wide x 7/8" thick. Standard 1 x 6's are smaller than that. The boards are rough on the painted side and less rough on the other side.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
That is a standard, pretty much. The boards are planed one side and the other left. Some people like it!
Find the correc cedar and restore to original. Every time I go thru our local McDonalds I marvel at how well the cedar holds on to paint (rough side out). Even the T1-11 still looks good after 20 years.
You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.
Marv
Sent my wife out to buy some 4/4 rough cedar. It' beautiful, not one single knot in it and it looks like it is quarter sawn or close to it.
I planed one side to get it to thickness and it is beautiful.
Having a hard time putting it on the house. I want to make some kind of valence or something out of cedar now.
My whole front yard smells like the entire elementary school decided to sharpen all the pencils at once.