Reclaimed wood siding over furring
beeker4747
| Posted in Energy Efficiency and Durability on
I am doing my exterior foam and planning to do vinyl siding. If I decide to fur it out, I can add more foam but I also wonder if I might use reclaimed wood sheathing from a house demolition as siding. First, it’s free. Second, the rainscreen is pretty robust so who cares of a little splash through happens? What do you all think of that?
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Is this wide-plank sheathing, ship-lap or...???
If it's clear old growth lumber without a lot of knots it may do just fine. If you primer-paint both sides it will be less likely to cup curl & split over time. Back-primering & rainscreens go a long way toward the extending the longevity of the paint on the exterior too.
The wood is pretty clear for sure, at least in the attic. the roof was framed over so there is a ton of 1x lumber up there (essentially two roof decks with one totally out of the weather all these decades). I thought of routing them to make some lap work or just going crazy butting them up with a 1/8" gap. I thought better of that I think, but it might look cool. (for a shed). I think the walls are sheathed mostly with 1x12's, many from 1925 or so. might be efficient if I could make a way of removing them quickly and cleanly, routing, planing, spraying and off we go. cheers