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Pine vs. Cedar T&G exterior siding

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#1 ·
I have to install about 3,500sf of 6" T&G vertical siding on my home. We will be priming and painting the siding, so I'm just wondering about the importance of sticking with cedar. Pine would be half the material cost. Does it hold paint as well as cedar? Other alternatives? Unfortunately I haven't come across any cement products in that style and because of the design, we are kind of limited to vertical T&G. I was going to design and install metal panels, but that's a bit of a risk if we had to sell soon.

Thanks,
Tom
 

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#7 ·
I have that siding on my house. Same contemporary style too.

All my southern exposure is shot to crap and I will be replacing about 1200-1500 sqft. The cedar has been up for 20 years and the sun destroys it. My other wall exposures look like I just put the stuff up.

Stick with cedar.
 
#9 ·
Where I live in Northern Maine, White Pine is used much and it holds up well. But I would put some sort of finish on it or it can dry out too much. The cedar around here is White Cedar and I really don't care to use it, as it can have a lot of rot in it. Make sure to use a siding nailing to face nail or the boards will do interesting things. Hope this helps.