Sitting and pondering about a wooden facade but it seems that maintenance is something to expect when talking about outdoor wood. What I've learned is that it's the sun that damages it, but some claim that cabins in northern Sweden and Norway can stand without any protection for many years. They just become grayer and more attractive. Is that true? Why should we then paint and repaint if we ignore the aesthetics? Since I've been involved in building boats with plywood for a few years, I wonder if no one has considered epoxy-treated wood? Facades, fences, or you name it. Epoxy is known to some as 99.99% waterproof but not UV resistant and needs a varnish. It gets very expensive, so it's not an option, but what about polyester? It might not be extremely cheap, but brushing it once so it absorbs and then painting if you feel like it? Polyester is not waterproof but breathable and UV resistant. Perhaps we should expect some plastic peeling? The question then is, is wood really good from a UV perspective? Is wood really good outdoors? What do you think?
If done correctly, it works.
Plastered is certainly not a hit: http://www.boverket.se/Om-Boverket/...em-med-putsade-enstegstatande-traregelvaggar/
Plastered is certainly not a hit: http://www.boverket.se/Om-Boverket/...em-med-putsade-enstegstatande-traregelvaggar/
Read about it. But that applies to the one-step method and wooden houses. Let's say you have a lightweight concrete house. If you add wood to it, you have the "wood problem"; if you add stucco, you don't. Not as frequently since the sun doesn't wear on the stucco like it does on wood. However, on the paint, which causes the stucco to absorb more and more moisture, leading to frost damage. So there is maintenance there as well. Fiber cement, for example, does well without maintenance. The same goes for metal. Maybe an Alzink facade? But anyway. Wood is beautiful. It gives a warm and cozy feeling, and that's why I started the thread. Maybe there's something that can "save" the maintenance intervals. Plastic/epoxy/something else could make wood more maintenance-free.