Port Orford Cedar Siding
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Port orford cedar siding. Our cedar is specifically selected to perform in harsh conditions and outdoor environments making it perfect for your next exterior project. The other three western cedars are alaskan yellow cedar incense cedar and port orford cedar. Our experienced sales staff is dedicated to helping you with all of your product needs from a single board to a full truck stock items or special orders call disdero for dependable quality products. This community consists of 365 forested acres that comprise two thirds of the walker creek watershed.
Port orford cedar is found in a compact zone near the pacific coast from southwest oregon to northwest california. They are all yellow or white cedars and actually are variations of the cypress species of tree. Click on any of the icons to go to a bigger more detailed picture. Board and batten siding.
The port orford cedar was first discovered in its small natural range along the california oregon coast in 1851. To get a quote on this product go to our rfq page get some tips on installing tongue and groove siding on the tongue and groove installation tips page. Port orford cedar 4 4 8 rough 3 3 4 x 3 3 4 kiln dried appearance 2 better exposed grade. Orepac building products chooses western red cedar inland red cedar and port orford cedar for our products.
These cedar species are recognized as the best selections for durability and aesthetics. Our port orford cedar is sourced exclusively through walker creek ecoforestry an intentional living community near coquille oregon. For technical information on port orford cedar see this page or the poc species page for more general info. Super strong resistant to bugs rot and fungus and it smells awesome too.
It is protected under a conservation easement with the southern oregon land conservancy and is managed to the exacting standards of the forest stewarship council. These lighter colored cedars do not have tanins like western red cedar but instead rely on their resinous character for protection from bugs rot and decay. Applications for atlantic cedar include siding paneling boat planks fencing. Port orford cedar is a high quality hardwood that is both light weight and incredibly strong making it an ideal wood for all types of construction applications such as boat building clothes chests cabinetry aircraft plywood veneer stringed instruments arrow shafts coffins and much more.
Give us a call and lets talk about your project. Curry county is well known for port orford cedar which is a native species of the area. For those that do not know port orford cedar is closely related to alaskan yellow cedar.