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Irish red cedar

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  • 22-04-2012 11:57pm
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    bertie 56
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    Hello everybody,

    Is anyone have ever use some Irish red cedar ? Any difference / similarities with the North American one ?
    Thanks ;)


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    laugh
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    Is it also called western red cedar?

    I've been considering using that to replace my fascia and soffit.


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    galwayrush
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    laugh wrote: »
    Is it also called western red cedar?

    I've been considering using that to replace my fascia and soffit.

    Weatern Red Cedar is Canadian.


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    earpiece
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    Irish Cedar, use it all the time. Usually has more knots than imported timber. Also, I have noticed that there is much more of a colour variation in the imported stuff, Irish tends to be very regular in colour. And as it happens I'm out to build a fence from the stuff tomorrow!!


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    galwayrush
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    earpiece wrote: »
    Irish Cedar, use it all the time. Usually has more knots than imported timber. Also, I have noticed that there is much more of a colour variation in the imported stuff, Irish tends to be very regular in colour. And as it happens I'm out to build a fence from the stuff tomorrow!!

    It's also much harder than imported. The knots are a bitch on machine cutters, although the traces of silica on the imported Cedar can blunt cutters very fast as well.


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    bertie 56
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    What about the density, is it the same light weight ?
    Growth rings as close as in the North American one ?
    Any information about the durability ?


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