While visiting a friend in Naples Florida I was impressed by the beautiful finished wood ceiling in his outdoor Lanai. The wood was richly stained and appeared to be approx. 3″ wide v joint T&G pine. The approx. 2,000 sf ceiling area was divided into several sections by plastered false box beams, with each recessed section covered by the wood ceiling, and surrounded by quite large (12″?) crown moulding – also beautifully richly stained. Can this be real wood, and if so, how does it withstand the excessive humidity this area experiences, without showing any signs of any movement, warpage, splitting, etc? I presume it is glued to a hard cement board backing? Anyone have knowledge/experience with this?
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Thanks for posting where it was located....it really helps with the answers. There are many bug and moisture resistant woods now available (cypress, redwood, cedar, ipe, several brazilian hardwoods, etc) that could be used in that type of installation. Sounds like the ceiling is tongue and groved paneling...likely it was nailed up to the wood framing along the tongue so the fastners were 'invisible' - hopefully using stainless nails...especially if the framing material is pressure treated.
Pictures always help....
It is probably cypress. It might be SYP tho.
There are pleny of people who just have drywall in these ceilings tho. As long as the roof over it is good and water is not splashing on it, a regular coat of paint will be fine.