Working with Wood

Today’s video goes over the best fasteners to use when installing western red cedar—and which ones to avoid.

In this series, our good friend and expert in pressure treated wood, Dennis McWhirter of Exterior Wood, answers common questions about treated wood.

In the first installment of our non-incised pressure-treated lumber series, we walked through the basics of working with non-incised treated lumber. In this post, we get a little more specific and share how we used non-incisedpressure-treated lumber for a deck project.

When lumber is treated, it’s more resistant to water, fungal, and insect damage. This extends the life of the lumber and reduces the amount of trees that would need to be cut down to replace wood structures that experience rot.

Non-incised lumber is used for applications where strength isn't a big concern, and pressure-treated lumber is an innovative product that provides long-term protection for your wood structures. 

Today’s video goes over the reasons western red cedar needs to be treated, how to stain western red cedar, and techniques to protect the wood throughout the process of treatment through installation.

Today’s video is all about how to interpret western red cedar lumber grades. Lumber grading is the process by which the pieces of wood are evaluated.

Simpson Strong-Tie shares ideal applications and features of some of their most popular wood-to-wood fasteners to help make your next project a success. 

In the first installment of our new series on pressure-treated wood, Dennis McWhirter shares his expertise on the treatment process.