CLEAR ALL HEARTWOOD REDWOOD SIDING VERTICAL GRAIN (CAH VG) 1x6 T&G CHICAGO
PRICES, PATTERNS, PICTURES
Redwood Siding Heart & Sapwood
Supply vs. Demand
Redwood Siding is in limited Supply. Redwood trees are no longer being harvested. Our supply mills have reached the exact point where redwood is no longer a commodity good but a collector's item.
REDWOOD HEART T&G Siding CLEAR ALL HEART (CAH) Grade home in Illinois
SAPWOOD vs HEARTWOOD
The difference between Redwood SAP Wood and HEART Wood ?
Color Contrast and Resistance to Elements
REDWOOD SIDING SAP B NEAR CLEAR GRADEREDWOOD SIDING HEART B NEAR CLEAR GRADE
Both sapwood and heartwood have similar grades categories - Construction, Selects, Clears and Near Clears - but these grades have nothing to do with SapWood or HeartWood. The Grades categories are only specifications of how many knots/flaws are allowed in the grade.
A SAP Redwood Siding order will contain a mix of boards with heartwood and sapwood usually on the same board. A designation of HEART allows NO sapwood. The only way to get all RED color and none of the lighter sapwood is to specify "all heart".
Redwood Siding SAP B Grade - NEAR CLEAR Grade 1x8 Rabbeted Bevel Siding - New York Home
This comes at a price since there is less heart in the world and manual selection of timbers is required to assure the ALL HEART designation.
To clarify - unless the word HEART appears in your order there is no limit on the amount of white wood allowed (though most self respecting mills fulfill Redwood SAP orders with 50/50 split heart to sap).
REDWOOD SIDING PRICES
Supply is limited and pricing inconsistent because the costs of production vary significantly as stock diminishes.
We try to post prices on the web for all our products. But with redwood the size, grade and pattern you want may not be millable from stock on hand close enough to your job site to accurately predict pricing on our website.
For the moment we can still source redwood from the old timer mills who stockpiled redwood timbers in a past era. But it is hard to advertise prices online since they change frequently and are dependent on inventory in hand at time of inquiry.
1x8 Bevel Redwood Siding SAP B Near Clear Grade
We will keep our Sap B "Near Clear" grade Redwood siding pricing until that stock runs out and then it will be call for quote from now on. If you want this beautiful wood on your home I suggest doing it this year because it just might not be here the next.
Redwood Siding can be custom milled to almost any siding or paneling pattern including Tongue & Groove, Bevel, Shiplap, Rustic Channel Lap and Dutch Lap.
TONGUE & GROOVE REDWOOD SIDING SAP B JUST MILLED
The full spectrum of Redwood siding specialty pattern diagrams are available and can be quoted upon request. Sizes include 1x6, 1x8, and (maybe) 1x10" widths.
1x8 BEVEL Redwood Siding SAP B Near Clear stained and drying on mill racks
The full spectrum of stains from clear to solid are also available and finished to your specifications.
1x6" T&G Redwood Paneling SapwoodRedwood Paneling in Bathroom
COVERAGE
BUYER BEWARE WARNING: There are wood siding industry guidelines for actual "dressed" widths and "Exposed Face" measurements but individual mills often have their own pattern standards which vary from the norm. When you get ready to buy be sure to ASK for the exposed width to make sure you are buying enough to complete the job!
WOOD SIDING SQFT->LFT COVERAGE GUIDE
Redwood Siding is often sold by the linear (or lineal) foot in 6", 8" and sometimes 10" and 12" widths. These widths are called NOMINAL "in name only" measurements. The ACTUAL or "dressed" width will be less. Be sure to confirm the DRESSED pattern measurements with the mill or lumber yard BEFORE you buy. Running a hundred SQFT short can cost $$$$ if custom milling and shipping are involved.
California Redwood Association Redwood Grade Descriptions & Diagrams
Redwood Lumber Grades
Redwood "Clear All Heart" (CAH) grade contains only wood from the heart of the tree and is the finest architectural redwood grade. It is free of all defects on one face. The reverse face is allowed slight imperfections. Our T&G, Shiplap and Channel Lap redwood siding patterns are reversible with one rough and one smooth face.
Redwood "Clear" grade is the same quality as "Clear All Heart" - the finest architectural heartwood grade - except that it contains sapwood in varying amounts and is allowed slight visual imperfections (which we consider character) on both faces. As far as allowable flaws and defect is concerned it is very similar to Clear All Heart - as far as resistance to moisture, rot and insects is concerned it is nothing like "all heart" redwood and needs to be protected in order to perform.
CRA - Redwood SAP B GradeCRA - Redwood STK Con-Common Grade
The other difference between CLEAR and CLEAR ALL HEART redwood grades is visual - the sap is bright yellow and the heart is deep red. The contrast can be striking. This contrast is beautiful to some (myself included) and this is the least expensive way to get the fewest amount of knots. You are giving up resistance and uniformity but you can augment resistance with technology and "tone" the contrast with stains.
1x6" T&G FLUSH JOINT SAP B REDWOOD1X6" T&G V2E CAH REDWOOD SIDING
GRADES
California Redwood Association Redwood Grade Descriptions & Diagrams
Redwood "Clear All Heart" (CAH) grade contains only wood from the heart of the tree and is the finest architectural redwood grade. It is free of all defects on one face. The reverse face is allowed slight imperfections. Our T&G, Shiplap and Channel Lap redwood siding patterns are reversible with one rough and one smooth face.
Redwood "Clear" grade is the same quality as "Clear All Heart" - the finest architectural heartwood grade - except that it contains sapwood in varying amounts and is allowed slight visual imperfections (which we consider character) on both faces. As far as allowable flaws and defect is concerned it is very similar to Clear All Heart - as far as resistance to moisture, rot and insects is concerned it is nothing like "all heart" redwood and needs to be protected in order to perform.
CRA - Redwood SAP B GradeCRA - Redwood STK Con-Common Grade
The other difference between CLEAR and CLEAR ALL HEART redwood grades is visual - the sap is bright yellow and the heart is deep red. The contrast can be striking. This contrast is beautiful to some (myself included) and this is the least expensive way to get the fewest amount of knots. You are giving up resistance and uniformity but you can augment resistance with technology and "tone" the contrast with stains.
1x6" T&G FLUSH JOINT SAP B REDWOOD1X6" T&G V2E CAH REDWOOD SIDING
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If you have a construction project that requires custom milled lumber, want old school customer service, great follow-up, and then even MORE great follow-up, then Buffalo Lumber is your company.
I was planning a 3-seasons porch remodel, searched the internet for a supplier of cedar paneling, and ran across Buffalo Lumbers' amazing website. It is the encyclopedia of custom milled siding and paneling!
Their promise to provide the best cost/value and service proposition seemed almost too good to be true......and I figured my small order of less than $5000 wouldn't even get their attention. Boy, was I in for a pleasant surprise! Not only did Buffalo Lumber provide the perfect solution for my project (redwood paneling versus my original idea of cedar), but was able to provide a better grade of redwood than I expected for the price quoted.
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BBB Review 1/25/2019
Scott R. from Apple Valley, MN (25th January 2019)
1x6 T&G (V4E) REDWOOD-SAP SIDING, B (BL Grade Equivalent NEAR CLEAR), KD, UNFINISHED, S2S, + 1x2 BOARD (SQUARE EDGE - SURFACED) REDWOOD-SAP TRIM Smooth Use (OM 4596)
"After talking to several lumberyards in our area we were no no closer to knowing and understanding anything about the siding we planed on buying then before. We decided then to call Buffalo Lumber and wished we had done so right away. From the very first phone call to the final delivery the experience was nothing less then amazing and very professional. Within less than a day we had all our questions answered and a quote on the table.
Between signing the contract and the delivery we were kept updated every step of the way. We even got tips on to how to care for and install the wood. The quality we received was excellent with very little and only minor damage. It was a truly great experience !!"
4000 SQFT 1x6 T&G (BUTT JOINT NO V EDGE) REDWOOD-SAP SIDING, B (BL Grade Equivalent NEAR CLEAR), KD, StainEXT, RESAWN, Rough Use, Factory Stained Superdeck 2300 Series "Redwood" tone semi-trans oil-based (OM 4381 4276)
"My first dealings with Buffalo Lumber was about five years ago when we were building a new lake house. My wife wanted Western Red Cedar for the interior and in searching the web I came across their website and saw some gorgeous homes built with redwood and decided I wanted one too! After getting some samples stained with different types of stain we settled on a bill of materials to cover the entire inside of a 2,800 square foot home with cedar and the outside 100% in redwood.
On a leap of faith I ordered an entire semi-truck load of lumber and had it delivered to my business for storage. The bundles were wrapped to protect from the elements and as we needed the wood we carried it out to the job site.
Out of approximately 42,000 pounds of lumber we had about three boards that were damaged but still usable in pieces. I cannot say enough about the exceptional quality we received from Chris Buffalo.
My son has since bought from Buffalo Lumber with the same experience and I recently decided to replace a 20 year old deck at our main residence and ordered a load of 2" x 6" redwood mixed sap and heartwood with a clear sealer applied. My contractor was blown away by the quality of the wood. No damaged what so ever and the boards were straight as an arrow and laid down with no tugging or straightening.
I recommend Buffalo Lumber to anyone needing quality wood products."
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