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Cypress Wood
Cypress Lumber
Cypress
Shakes
cypress
WHY?
Why cypress? This is probably the most remarkable wood on the market today, not because it is the most beautiful. Which it is very attractive. But, it is one of the strongest, as well as most durable that you can find. It out performs most woods in any environment. It has a proven track record against insects as well as being impervious to water.
There are living cypress tress on this continent that are thousands of years
old. Cypress logs are being recovered as this is being written, having
been submerged for hundreds of years. It is the oldest harvested lumber in
America.
Cypress lumber and cypress shakes and shingles while not familiar to folks every
where, is a long time acquaintance of the southeastern United States. George
Washington used cypress wood on his Mt. Vernon Estate, and it is still there, fully
functional.
Frank Lloyd Wright, while not a southerner. Was an avid user of cypress and cypress shakes and shingles in his architecture. Cypress wood is reflected in a lot of his work
It is ironic that one of the greatest architects of our government and one the greatest architects of this country found this common ground.
The question is then begged, is this a competitive product? Simple answer. Yes. Cypress and cypress shakes and shingles is probably more competitive than almost any lumber out there . Primarily because you don't replace cypress wood. Replacement cost of water damage and insect damage are the greatest drain on the average home owner. A termite would rather chew through a can of Raid, than crawl across a cypress wood 2 x 4.
Less one might suggest that this position is biased. I would suggest you check the websites out there. They will more than confirm what you have read here.
I.e.,
Preservation Brief 19, www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Extension/pubtxt/cir1186.htm,
The
French experience in Louisiana, www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/eng99/eng99183.htm
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