Black Locust Wood Siding

Black locust fence posts have been noted to last eighty years in some of america s toughest climates.

Black locust wood siding.

Black locust is a safe environmentally friendly alternative to pressure treated and tropical hardwoods. Rock hard and ready for your mud room kitchen office show room space or other high traffic high impact areas our black locust flooring is available in a select grade pictured at left and below and a rustic grade. The natural properties of black locust brise soleil rainscreens and siding make them a cooler and healthier alternative to other materials. Black locust is a very hard and strong wood competing with hickory carya genus as the strongest and stiffest domestic timber.

Black locust robinia pseudoacacia is america s most versatile hardwood. Lumber can be sewn up thirty five feet in length. Although it shares a similar common name with honey locust the two aren t in the same genus robinia and gleditsia respectively. Veneer this grade is very difficult to produce.

Honestly i don t think you have any hope of doing that. Black locust will naturally shade the building structure and with its light color and ability to reduce solar gain. Stock siding profiles include v groove shiplap flush and shiplap nickle gap. Black locust tends to be.

It will cut through just about any sort of wood some better and faster than others. Only about 10 of all black locust logs found in this area end up producing veneer grade material. Custom black locust lumber products for architects landscape designers and exclusive residences we manufacture and design custom black locust lumber products for sustainable architectural projects. The most durable and beautiful environmentally friendly siding choices available great for outdoor siding or for wood features such as soffits and facia.

We offer four specific grades of black locust lumber. In the past we have supplied black locust as large 12 x12 x18 and 6 x6 x26. I have been milling wood for 15 years using an old lumbermate bandmill. Decking urban green spaces proflow permeable pavers site furnishings and more.

A plentiful renewable resource that is well suited for all outdoor wood uses. Like black locust ipe is beautiful and durable wood that can last a lifetime. Black locust robinia flooring millwork not your ordinary flooring. Prices assume random length and exclude shipping.

Unlike black locust it takes hundreds to even thousands of years for tropical hardwoods to reach a harvestable size. But with more stability and rot resistance.