Both are beautiful in their own right but if you re planning to use a tinted stain or paint your deck or timbers you might want to go with cedar.
Western redwood cedar cladding.
Canadian western red cedar is much slower grown than british western red cedar resulting in a denser darker wood with a more varied colour palette.
Western red cedar unless stained a different color will naturally have a yellowish tone while redwood has a noticeably more reddish brown hue there s a reason it s called redwood.
Architects builders and home owners can depend on mill works expertise to supply western red cedar for a range of building projects.
For environmentally friendly building materials wood is a clear leader.
Cedar a softwood is highly resistant to decay as well as resistant to splitting and movement once fitted.
In short canadian western red cedar cladding is good value looks great and can last a lifetime.
If left untreated it turns the.
It also renowned for offering a cladding that is completely clear and free of imperfections i e.
Is western red cedar sustainably sourced.
British western red cedar wood cladding the majority of western red cedar wood used in the uk is imported.
Canadian western red s colour.
Slow grown in the pacific north west of canada and sourced from leading sawmills.
Western red cedar cladding from silva can be supplied factory coated enabling it to be installed at any time of year regardless of the weather or temperature.
Zero knots and a tight even grain.
When first installed this timber cladding is a warm reddish brown colour.