SIPs House Portland

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck?

more barn wood

Turns out a lot if he or she could.  We realized fairly early on in the wood siding process we weren’t going to have enough barn wood to do what we needed to do.  Luckily, here in the Pacific Northwest we have a fair amount old barns laying around, so we picked up another one.  This should do the trick.  Thank you Craig’s list.

While this is a relief, we were struck a blow from the LEED rating system this week.  Turns out the wood paneling we put on the entry of the house will need to be removed and replaced.  This is unfortunate as it’s a waste of time and resources.  When we found the plywood, we were told it is ‘domestic’ mahogany.  We thought all mahogany was considered tropical, but the salesman was sure it was domestic so we jumped at the deal.  After further investigation, we found the wood may be produced domestically, but the veneer on the face is actually Meranti coming from trees considered ‘tropical’ by LEED standards.  LEED considers any wood grown between the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn as tropical.  LEED does allow tropical wood to be used as long as it is FCS certified, but we decided early on to try to avoid tropical wood all together.