After 5+ years finally started barn

[Billrog]

What Eddie says a good primer ( sealer) to start with before painting. I'm not familiar enough with your weather or paint available for advice with credibility but never heard of any for bugs. Sherwin Williams is a brand I have used. I've had cedar siding on a few homes and the one I'm living in now has only been repainted once in the last 25 yrs. still looks good even the S. side that gets 12 hrs. of sun a day during the summer.We don't have much humidity here.

 

[sawtooth]

Very nice build! Whereabouts are you located?

In southern Ohio. Not really sure of what type bugs bug have read online that some bugs do like to attack fresh popular. Maybe nothing is needed for my area but not sure.

 

[ovrszd]

Totally not tryin to be a smart***. Do you guys really have trees named popular?? We have poplar here. Is that the same thing??

 

[farmer2009]

Totally not tryin to be a smart***. Do you guys really have trees named popular?? We have poplar here. Is that the same thing??

I think a lot of that is spell check and autocorrect.

 

[ovrszd]

I think a lot of that is spell check and autocorrect.

Never thought of that. You are probably right!!! Thought I might be missing something.....

 

[Duwop]

Bumble bees or carpenter bees as the are referred to here will bore holes into cedar siding and tunnel to reproduce. There is an additive you can get to help but as a former contractor I had only limited success with treatment for my clients. Some pest control outfits think they have products that are good.

 

[sawtooth]

Poplar it is. Lol

Thanks for correcting.

 

[deerseeker001]

Looking good you will enjoy that.

It's a 40x70 with 12' shed and 12' ceilings. Poured foundation with popular siding. Will have upstairs guest quarters and extra storage. Barn will be heated with gas heat and fully insulated. This forum was a big help in putting all this together. Thank you.

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[ovrszd]

Poplar it is. Lol

Thanks for correcting.

No correction intended. Just thought maybe something was going on that I knew nothing about!!!!

 

[tcreeley]

Poplars- but in my area- they call them popple. -I've got a load of popple ready for the mill, etc.

 

[ovrszd]

Poplars- but in my area- they call them popple. -I've got a load of popple ready for the mill, etc.

I don't think I've ever saw anyone build with Poplar. They aren't abundant here. Most were planted as windbreaks and decorative around yards, etc. I always considered them a soft wood. Learned something new.

 

[Tompet]

The poplars used for windbreaks etc. are usually a Lombardy poplar or similar hybrid narrow habit tree. There are different species in the genus of poplar and they are soft woods like aspen and cottonwood.

I think the op might be referring to a different species named native Eastern or Yellow Tulip poplar (magnolia family) which is considered a hardwood, although not hard like oak or maple. They are large straight grained trees. Many old barns were sided with this species. It is really nice to work with and also used for high quality painted trim, furniture drawer carcass etc.. With dyes and stains it can also make a very nice wood interior trim.

 

[ovrszd]

Tom, yeah, I think I've read about those. Not sure I've ever saw one though. We definitely have the narrow trees here.

My Dad logged a lot of cottonwood and hauled to the sawmill for dimension lumber for building projects. He always said it had to be used where it wouldn't get wet. I've still got a couple hundred board feet of cottonwood he had milled. You can still drive nails in it and it's light weight. If properly stored after sawing it stays pretty straight also.

 

[sawtooth]

The poplars used for windbreaks etc. are usually a Lombardy poplar or similar hybrid narrow habit tree. There are different species in the genus of poplar and they are soft woods like aspen and cottonwood. I think the op might be referring to a different species named native Eastern or Yellow Tulip poplar (magnolia family) which is considered a hardwood, although not hard like oak or maple. They are large straight grained trees. Many old barns were sided with this species. It is really nice to work with and also used for high quality painted trim, furniture drawer carcass etc.. With dyes and stains it can also make a very nice wood interior trim.

Yes it's the Tulip poplar tree. Grows upwards of 100' tall and is very straight. We have barns that are 100 years old with original siding. Just keep wood off ground where it can drip dry and your golden.

 

[ovrszd]

Yes it's the Tulip poplar tree. Grows upwards of 100' tall and is very straight. We have barns that are 100 years old with original siding. Just keep wood off ground where it can drip dry and your golden.

That's awesome sawtooth. Where did you say you are located??

 

[sawtooth]

The poplars used for windbreaks etc. are usually a Lombardy poplar or similar hybrid narrow habit tree. There are different species in the genus of poplar and they are soft woods like aspen and cottonwood. I think the op might be referring to a different species named native Eastern or Yellow Tulip poplar (magnolia family) which is considered a hardwood, although not hard like oak or maple. They are large straight grained trees. Many old barns were sided with this species. It is really nice to work with and also used for high quality painted trim, furniture drawer carcass etc.. With dyes and stains it can also make a very nice wood interior trim.

Yes it's the Tulip poplar tree. Grows upwards of 100' tall and is very straight. We have barns that are 100 years old with original siding. Just keep wood off ground where it can drip dry and your golden.

 

[caver]

Tulip Poplar from my yard where I live. I hauled it to my property and made lots of sawdust with the sawmill.

 

[sld]

When you buy boards at Home Depot that are labeled as poplar, are those tulip or the crappy lombardy?

The lombardys are the most disease catching trees I think I've ever seen!

 

[farmer2009]

They should be the tulip poplar. I had some Lombardy poplars here when I first moved started dying from the top and looked terrible best use I've found for them was a brush pile. Tulip or yellow poplar does a really good job as wall studs. Just be careful with it as unsupported floor joists as old timers always told me they don't hold nails well into the end grain.

 

[timswi]

When I make my own trim I use Poplar, generally no knots and paints well..primer's a must..Around here red oak isn't all that much more expensive oddly..For exteriors I've been going with the oak.