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Flaming the Cypress
Derek Ottens of Green Cross Build, the general contractor for the garage experiment project burns the rain screen cladding for it’s own good. The wood was originally flooring and is already finished & sealed on one face. The remaining faces are being charred to seal them from the elements. The wood is then installed with the charred side facing out (see image below).
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Richard Avery
That is a very good question. I’m not sure that the fact that it is reclaimed offsets the energy as much as comparing the finishing method to the alternatives. It would need to be compared to the energy consumed in painting or staining the wood, and how many times it would need to be refinished over it’s lifetime. I’m not sure how they would compare. It should be made clear that we do not see this process as scalable to a larger building. We would not consider covering a house with it, for example.
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Looks great. Does the use of reclaimed wood offset the energy consumption in this finishing process?