Siding

Here are a few pictures of the Fraser eastern white cedar shingles.

They are rebutted and re-squared with two coats of Cabot factory applied solid stain (dark grey).

Unfortunately almost all of the boxes were packed before dry and are sticking together and when separated the paint often comes off in areas.  They are replacing 60% of the shingles as  ~ 40% is already installed and supplying the paint to repaint what is on and offering some yet to be determined compensation.  I am going to ask them to keep enough of the bad shingles to do a 16'X24' shed.  They were quite helpful but still a huge pain.



Their 20 year "limited" warranty is, as most warranty's, a bit of a joke and is as much a disclaimer to protect them as it is to protect the purchaser.

The installation is very slow (and hence expensive).  I admit they do look very good (subjective) but I know I will have to paint them in the future to keep them that way.  Not really what I wanted (a big compromise but nothing else really stood out as a better alternative).

North side of house (picture is dark due to setting sun... still using camera with broken screen so can't tell when taking picture)

North side of house showing rammed earth corner pillars.

North side of garage and west side of house

South side of house