Wood cladding: fir or douglas?

[clarilau]

Hello

Here I am in the project of building a wooden house.
And I have the choice of siding between the fir tree and the Douglas fir.

So I would have liked to know the advantages and the faults of each one?

THANK YOU

[caribou]

Douglas-fir is naturally much more resistant to fungi and xylophages than fir.

[clarilau]

I just saw that douglas is also a fir

[bpval]

Hello

Gloally since 3 years I have Douglas against the ground (So direct with the critters)
Before But what had I done ... Pine ... The little wall held ... go go
six months (yes six months) and then downhill slope (DO I REPEAT THAT MY HOUSE IS BUILT ON A BLACK TRACK)

Chris, yo ye ve make a piti topo on the extreme construction conditions ... Ti know in belgium ... although the Ardennes

I'm kidding

But the pictures ... I find it in my b ..

Big kisses

GUBA are you still alive? !!!!

Hello

[Rabbit]

I built outdoor barriers in spruce and Douglas fir.
2 treats with linseed oil every year.
The spruce has not moved. On the other hand Douglas fir is a mug
chamignion gnawing from inside .My barn is covered
epiceas from 1930. I plan to change one part because
the goutiere having loose there is 15-20 years, the wood was désagreger
by the rot .I will put spruce again. But the planks
will be nailed vertically later than horizontally.
It is preferable that the water (pouring rain) flows in the direction
wood fibers.

When I choose my wood I take care that it is cool
and not stored for several years under
water exporters. It's like color, weight and
with mold stains (green or white sometimes black)

[bpval]

Carlos

Well, you got the answer ...
If you need tranxene
There is a pharmacy not far ...
No do not cry
Have the ecolos

Well, you see the wood is alive
Even when it's dry
Y inflates ... Y retracts

In short, there is ch ** r

But it's like LietSieu's cat

I had pine in a wet environment ... it was not six months
The Douglas still holds
So who to believe
Take an opinion in your neighborhood ... finally several opinions
And as I do not necessarily live in your area, my opinion may be obsolete

But the opinion of others is always constructive

Hello

[Woodcutter]

The Douglas is a natural class 3 wood, which is used throughout France (so it can be local). It does not need to be treated to keep itself.

Mounted vertically, it can last a very long time if we protect the foot of the cladding of splash of land.

[Gregconstruct]

The best is to take the wood that has been raised in the conditions close to those found in your area.

[bpval]

Well, here we go

Woodcutter has deigned to come out of his steppes ... Sorry for his steres and here ... you are razed (e) ...

In cladding with a minimum of roof advance you do not fear much

Even the concrete wall (Vade retro satanas) in a wet environment is covered with moss

Everything is in the breathing of materials, in the exchange ... even for so-called inert materials

Objects do you have then a soul

Of course, they live with us, is not it woodcut ??

Hello

[caribou]

Also pay attention to the "quality" of the wood, avoid sapwood at all costs, at least for the most exposed parts.