Burnt Wood House Siding

Charwood is a japanese style of charred wood called shou sugi ban a process of finishing siding that dates back hundreds of years.

Burnt wood house siding.

There are a variety of styles available within the charwood line to meet your range of design. The two most common ways of customizing wood siding are to play around with the board pattern mixing vertical and horizontal going diagonal decoratively shaped shingles etc or to use unique surface treatments. All of our exterior products are designed to preserve the tradition of shou sugi ban while meeting the high demands of modern architecture. Charred wood siding and fencing aka.

Montana timber products has mastered our own proprietary finishing process to ensure the highest quality and character. If you want a less burnt finish this is really easy just get a hard bristled brush and brush your wood siding. Gendai is the most commonly specified yakisugi shou sugi ban surface for exterior applications. With traditional painted siding you have the cost of the siding installation costs paint and painting costs and then repainting again every 10 or so years.

Literally translating to burnt cedar board in english shou sugi ban traditionally involves scorching wooden boards with a torch or controlled fire cooling the wood softening the char with a. Our exterior charred siding products deliver superior performance and distinctive beauty. Shou sugi ban or yakisugi are uv resistant weather resistant rot resistant and bug resistant and can last upwards of 80 years with little to no maintenance. Charred wood shou sugi ban burnt wood siding.

Shou sugi ban burnt wood exterior cladding is naturally made very durable originated as a japanese wood finish for homes revealing the beauty of the natural preserved timber ecohome published. The burnt fiber crevasse shadows are subtle and gendai can either be installed with or without an oil prefinish. The burning process creates a layer of carbon resulting in elegant finishes that protect the wood from the elements. In many cases using our charred wood instead of painted stained wood siding or another siding material can actually be significantly cheaper over the long run.

A light brushing process knocks down the heavy soot layer and leaves a smooth silky appearance. Western red cedar is a renewable resource and we offer fsc certified sustainable options and it doesn t contain any nasty chemicals that are released into the environment or your house. Specifically homeowner jon friesen and his father david took the house s siding big boards of douglas fir and torched each piece to give it a charred blackened surface. The carbonised wood brushes off and you are left with a really beautiful 3d textured finish caused by uneven burning of the growth rings in the wood.