Burned Cypress Siding

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Burned cypress siding.

The burning process creates a layer of carbon resulting in elegant finishes that protect the wood from the elements. All of our exterior products are designed to preserve the tradition of shou sugi ban while meeting the high demands of modern architecture. Our exterior charred siding products deliver superior performance and distinctive beauty. See our selection of authentic japanese yakisugi shou sugi ban products readily available throughout the us canada.

Cryptomeria japonica is sugi in japanese and is a monotypic genus in the cypress family indigenous to japan. The details of our quality requirements described in about cypress are what makes our products special and the finest on the market. The essential idea is to burn the surface of wood to a varying degree of char. The japanese invented this technique centuries ago calling it shou sugi ban or yakisugi.

Poorly seasoned bald cypress wood can be moist and difficult to burn though aromatic in the flame and like the true cypresses is usually a better choice for an outdoor blaze. As kindling like many softwoods however both true cypresses and bald cypresses can provide fine wood for kindling. Charred wood siding and fencing are the products of an ancient japanese technique that makes a unique beautiful and durable exterior wood product. The first doors of st.

Peter s basilica is believed to have been made of cypress which were more than 1100 years old when the. Cypress wood siding popular for it s beauty durability and versatility. It is often called japanese cedar and is utilized primarily for construction lumber due to high rigidity and quick drying. Trees like pines firs or cypress have soft wood which burns fast leaves few coals and makes a lot of smoke that can coat your chimney with soot not a safe thing in the long run.

Note yakisugi is a product not a burnishing technique applied to any lumber reads the website for nakamoto forestry an 80 year old japanese company that in 2017 began to import.