Jim Baird Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 My friend's client wanted Southern Yellow Pine paneling, horizontal, no corner trim, and that is what he got...a kind of down-home minimalism. Comments? Click to Enlarge 50.23 KB Click to Enlarge 53.12 KB Click to Enlarge 46.09 KB Click to Enlarge 56.14 KB Click to Enlarge 56.05 KB Click to Enlarge 77.45 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Sure. It looks ok. I think it would look better with a thoughtful trim detail though. How's it installed? Any breather pad under the siding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 If the exterior boards are flat sawn, they're going to go all wonky over time. How did he seal around the rafters at the high end of the shed roof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baird Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 ...the exterior is a kind of shiplap the builder called "nickle-back", and which the builder didn't like. It is just siding over a wrb and sheathing as needed...the corner with the windows was engineered. I "busted" them for the grade right at the bottom of the entry that makes a reverse "landing". The goal was no casing even at openings, but premade/hung units made that a little unreachable. Where there is casing it is reduced to 1 1/4 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 From what I can see, the interior details look nice. Personally, I like a simple, minimalist look if the other architectural details support it. But as Jim hinted, SYP doesn't play well with temperature and (especially) moisture exposure/changes. I suspect that the siding will be doing the "twist and shout" and working it's way off the home shortly. 30-80 year old cedar or cypress looks better around here in a similar climate than 5 year old pine--even if was carefully back primed and painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 I don't like the corners without trim. Wood doesn't take 90 degree turns in the real world, so why force it? It just doesn't look right to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baird Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 My siding description was only for the vertical stuff. The horizontal lap is 3/4 pine also, and is back-primed and treated with some kind of sealing agent that was applied before a "pickling". I don't like the way it fails to "kill" into the window and door frames. Around here pine is used a lot for lap siding, and, like any wood it does respond to weather and light effects. Click to Enlarge 96.99 KB What I "busted" the builder the most about was some barge rafters that are going to twist like licorice sticks in a short time. Click to Enlarge 120.39 KB John, the style ain't for everybody. The builder told me earlier that this client was among the most eccentric he has dealt with. I think it was Thoreau in "Walden Pond" who said that when a man builds a house he is just making a wooden box to die in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Yeah. Stuff like that. SYP isn't comfortable in those situations. In a few years, that place is going to look like it got grabbed by the scruff and shook a little. Wrinkled, and you're right, those barge rafters are going to look comical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 I don't like the corners without trim. Wood doesn't take 90 degree turns in the real world, so why force it? It just doesn't look right to me. I like it because because of that. They did a nice job matching the grain on the corners. I also like the flat sawn panels better than if they were rotary cut. Don't see much of that with pine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 I still want to know how they sealed the ends of the rafters where they die into the sidewall on the uphill side of the roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baird Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 I still want to know how they sealed the ends of the rafters where they die into the sidewall on the uphill side of the roof. Those rafter don't die there, they pass thru. Between, tho I did not climb or inspect there, just solid blocking is my guess... Builder did not like the length of rafter extension into open air due to rotation concerns but also hung those barges I would never have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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