Cedar Shake Siding Maintenance Schedule Staining And Sealing
Cedar Shake Siding Maintenance Schedule Staining And Sealing Cedar shake siding has a reputation it doesn't entirely deserve. People think of it as the high-maintenance prima donna of exterior cladding, when in fact it is more like a well-bred horse: it asks for predictable care on a predictable schedule, and it punishes neglect with a directness that is almost refreshing. The owners who get the longest service life out of cedar are not the ones who fuss over it constantly. They are the ones who know exactly when to intervene and exactly what to use. I have seen 80-year-old cedar shake walls on Cape Cod that look better than vinyl installed during the Clinton administration. I have also seen six-year-old cedar shakes in Houston that should have been condemned. The difference was never the cedar. The difference was that someone in Massachusetts understood what cedar needs, and someone in Houston either didn't or didn't care. The Wood Itself, and Why the Grade Matte...
