Adding Striking Wooden Soffits for a Modern Japanese Look!
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
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Welcome to our latest video where we continue to work on our two-story Japanese style garden shed! In this episode, we're adding cedar soffits to the back of the shed to give it a modern and professional look. But before we can install them, we need to plane them down and apply a tung oil finish to protect the wood from the elements. We also take the time to carefully miter the corners for a seamless appearance.
Watch as we demonstrate the step-by-step process of adding these soffits to the shed, including some time-lapse footage to show you the progress we've made. We're thrilled with how the end result turned out, and we think you will be too!
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I’m really enjoying this build. You guys are doing a great job. I’m building a treeless treehouse for my boys and stumbled across your channel. I’m glad I did.
We’re glad you’re enjoying the build and thanks for watching!!
Hey Everyone - thanks for watching! Let us know if you have any questions! 🙂
Came out pretty smooth , Ill bring some wood by lol .. good job guys keep up the good work .... MY NEIGHBORS ROCK..
Thank you Thomas! We feel the same! 🙂
The difference in cedar color could be fresher boards, as they dry and are exposed to air/sun the color will fade. Or it's a different kind of cedar. Typically pickets are western red, but occasionally you'll get a coastal cedar board which is darker, more purple in color, with straighter grain and fewer knots. It's the good stuff! Oh, and the really light part is cedar, it's just more sapwood, one of the first cut off the log
Thanks! Some of them really looked like pine, but you definitely might be right!! We’re still amazed the cedar pickets looked so good after processing them! 🤩
I'm sure you figured it out already, but the white pickets with the raised grain are still cedar, they're just all sapwood and from near the bark. They don't smell great or resist decay like the boards with more purple heartwood. Not great wood.
The boards with white and pink are the next boards sawn off the tree. It's mixed sapwood and heartwood.
The darker pickets that are all purple, if you'll notice, typically have more knots than the others. They are from the very heart of the tree and those are knots from the first limbs the tree grew as it was shooting up. They're the most decay resistant and will probably last the longest.
Western red cedar is usually the species used for pickets. At least around where I live. Some Japanese cedar, too. The reason these are lighter colored than the "real cedar" boards that cost more is because they're left green after sawing. The other boards have been kiln dried and surfaced, and that process usually makes the heartwood appear more brown than pink or purple.
Either way, you guys inspired me. I just went and dropped $500 bucks on pickets to try a much smaller shed of my own!
This is super neat and informative! We definitely didn’t know about the differences. It makes sense about kiln drying vs not. Super neat - enjoy your build! Thanks for watching! 😄