Timber cladding, recommendations

[Ian]

@Russell griffiths

If you don't mind the silver-grey look then you could try Sioo http://www.sioox.org.uk/wood-protection/applications/cladding/

It's supposed to last 15 years on vertical cladding

 

[lizzie]

I have the sioox sample pots here...I tried it on some cedar and left it for a year to see how it developed. 

 

I decided to go for larch in the end and had it pre treated in the factory with silvabp ( a sioox type product). I still have the sample pots of sioox if anyone wants to try it.

 

OP wanted to keep the natural orangey hues of the cedar - sioox will silver it - it just evens and accelerates the natural weathering of the cedar so you dont get stripes of light and dark and black areas as you do with un treated cedar until it weathers down over a number of years.

 

I think keeping the orangey hues is a big ongoing maintenance task. It will need treating every few years.