Haubeil Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Did any manufacture ever make 'tongue and grove' exterior redwood siding? ...more specifically during the mid 1950's, when this home was built (southern Ohio). The buyer must have found a special on T'n'G redwood boards, because it's everywhere, both inside and out. Is it possible the redwood was not designed for the exterior? Apparently it worked as exterior siding for ~50 years, but the attached #41 illustrates the existing condition. The new buyers are asking if it should be replaced. I'm not knowledgable on this siding to answer with confidence. Can they salavage the existing wood or should it be replaced? ...or where should they turn for advice. Thanks in advance, Jeff Download Attachment: Picture 041.jpg 58.31 KB Download Attachment: Picture 109.jpg 39.58 KB Download Attachment: Picture 037.jpg 68.38 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 If they clean it well and apply a high quality finish it may last only another 100 years or so. I'd use trisodium phosphate (tsp substitute just doesn't work as well) and the best solid color stain I could find. You were there. Is there rot? Are any areas punky? Were the walls inside dry? What were the window and door flashings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haubeil Posted February 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Okay, maybe it's just fine...but I don't see how. This is the biggest one-off home ever...with too many do-it-yourself'er additions to mention; some of which should not work, but have for ~50 years. Check out the plumbing below the sink. ...and all the sinks/showers/tubs/washers drain down over the hill and not into the septic tank. - Haubeil Download Attachment: Picture 051.jpg 71.54 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Jeff, Everyone produced this product for exterior and interior. If it is indeed redwood and not red wood, I would kill for the salvage rights! Never met a piece of redwood I didn't like. Chad is right. Maybe they are confusing the plumbing with the siding; siding is great and the plumbing is a work of "ART". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 The plumbing is oddly evocative of musical instruments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenT Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Yeah, It reminds me of my youth. I played the flugalhorn in the marching band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haubeil Posted February 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 ...and the size of the bathrooms!!! I could not get to the sink area, in photo 153. This will be a most interesting report!!! [:-crazy] - Haubeil Download Attachment: Picture 153.jpg 65.35 KB Download Attachment: Picture 112.jpg 34.53 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 The plumber's son must have relocated to KY. I saw very similar work just a couple of days ago. Check out the second photo; don't ya just love a job that brings you so close to raw sewage? Download Attachment: DSC07281a.jpg 271.24 KB Download Attachment: DSC07260a.jpg 289.78 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Originally posted by Haubeil Did any manufacture ever make 'tongue and grove' exterior redwood siding? ...more specifically during the mid 1950's, when this home was built (southern Ohio). The buyer must have found a special on T'n'G redwood boards, because it's everywhere, both inside and out. Is it possible the redwood was not designed for the exterior? Apparently it worked as exterior siding for ~50 years, but the attached #41 illustrates the existing condition. The new buyers are asking if it should be replaced. I'm not knowledgable on this siding to answer with confidence. Can they salavage the existing wood or should it be replaced? ...or where should they turn for advice. Thanks in advance, Jeff T&G siding, like the stuff in your photo, was a very popular, very high-end product in my area from the 1050s-1970s. Around here it was mostly cedar. Occasionally it was redwood. It was most certainly intended to be used for the exterior. The stuff in your picture #41 looks fine to me. As Chad said, it could stand to be cleaned, but I don't see any splitting or warping and the joints look tight. What do you perceive the problem to be? Frankly, I think it would be a crime to replace it. Nothing that put on now is going to come close to the quality that's there now. The rest of the house looks like a mess. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Hi, I had a house last summer completely sided with redwood that looked like that. It was built in the 50's and most areas were doing fine, except where some dildo had allowed planting beds to lie against the bottom edges for decades, where the siding, and framing was rotting. The biggest complaint the client had was the dark color. It had turned almost black after more than half a century and they wanted to paint it. As oxidized as it was, I told them that I didn't think it would take paint well at all. My guess - they'll strip all of it off and re-side it with something that they can paint, rather than live with that deep brown to black color. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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