I've seen it featured as a cladding in Dwell. Think it's cool. Might be hard to find a source and an installer?

There are quite a few companies who have the cladding and I think it's stunning looking.

Oh yay!!! I'm so glad you didn't say 'WHAT, that's awful!!!' I'm in the process of finding sources right now. I think it would look really cool or like a burnt mess :) I'm also working on getting a bid to see if it's in the ballpark ... somehow money gets in the way of all my brilliant ideas :)

Very interesting!

When it's done well, it is stunning. When it's poorly done, it looks like the aftermath of a BBQ gone wrong.

I've never seen it in real life so it's hard to know how I feel. Samples on their way to me. I love the image I posted that I think looks really elegant but some of the pictures online look much more 'BBQ gone wrong' (lol).

Apparently bugs don't like the charred layer. I'm wondering if woodpeckers feel the same. My other options are staining cedar to make it look aged or potentially teak (as long as I make sure the source didn't mow down a rain forest to do it).

When specifying a charred house, it's very important to specify correctly. Apparently, "well done" is not a useful condition to specify...

I have seen it in magazines and it was stunning.

Thank you all for your opinions. I thought I'd follow up and let you know we aren't going to use it after all. I got the samples and they were really quite gorgeous, but our architect didn't think it would fit into our country setting (and I think he was right!). It's a very neat product.

It would fit perfectly in your setting, but not likely in your budget. (My life problem en toto.) Plus only the cognoscenti such as yourself would appreciate it.

Sands Point, Long Island, N.Y. home, CDR Studio Architects

Worthy, you taught me a new word!

That does look like a proper country house. I guess where I went wrong was I was looking at the jet black options :) Tres cool.

Would you mind sharing where you got samples from?

I have seen it in person.

I had samples and can't remember the name of the supplier offhand. I'll check my inbox today to see if I can come up with it for you. I did find them off a google search

I’m also curious...did you get as far as pricing? How does it compare to other options?

I’m also curious...did you get as far as pricing? How does it compare to other options?

I found it!!! Glad I save EVERYTHING. The samples I received were from Delta Millworks in Austin TX. There is another company on the east coast, but we are in CA, so Austin would have been less expensive for us.

I don't remember the pricing. We spent way too much on our siding and it probably was comparable to what we finally chose. If I could go back, I wouldn't have spent less!! Of course that doesn't help you!!!

I found these links in one of my emails.. these should help

http://resawntimberco.com/shou-sugi-ban/

http://charredwood.com

http://www.thecaliforniaworkshop.com/find-us/

http://deltamillworks.com/portfolio

I saw this done on the British show "Grand Designs" once and it was stunning. But I believe they did the charring on site, by hand. Don't remember which episode, but it was in the past year of so. They do such neat things there - true craftsmen are still in existence.

nakimotoforestry in oregon has it

We installed it on our house:

https://kimchiandkraut.net/2019/09/21/installing-charred-cedar-siding/

Eric - We are going to be using this on our home. The low maintenance aspect seems too good to be true! How do you find it is holding up so far?

A friend, who is an architect, DIY’d parts of his siding on an addition to a late 1800 victorian. It looks really cool.

I had two projects that was a charred wood house, but it was not on purpose; at least not the home owner's intent. One rebuilt and the second will start the replacement this coming spring.

Love old posts.

Hi Zephyr Girl,

We initially treated the boards with a tung oil finish. Unfortunately, this did not hold up well. After the first year or so, we then treated the boards with a black pine tar finish (roll on, then brush out). This has held up much better.

For all the details, go to the end of this blog post, here:

https://kimchiandkraut.net/2019/09/21/shou-sugi-ban-siding/

Hope this helps.