We vacationed in Maine last week and drove through Oxford and saw this house. Here is an example of the rough sawn siding discussed here a few times (Amanda, and Glenn I think).
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Behnid those large pegs are lag bolts. I imagine the ones on the windows cover nails. It is called "Live Edge" wood siding, stained. The package is supposed to be $15,980 for this 26x34 house. This exterior is beautiful. How does one figure out costs for siding? Is it sf of wall? This house reminded me of the 1.5 story house the way I see it in my mind.
By the way.......that's a modular....and I have a picture of something else interesting that I'll post in a bit.
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That's a laminate floor....
Imagine that - cool like my shop.
If you are referring to costs for materials for this kind of siding, Daddymem, I assume other places would be like me figuring this to be worth around 1.00 to 1.50 per board foot in this area. A board foot measures 12" x12" x 1" nominal thickness. You may get the edge area free since it wouldn't have to be cut off the board. You probably would have to deal with a small sawmill somewhere. I cut some for a friend setting my saw at 1" and taking a 1/8" kerf leaving a 7/8" thick board. You could go as thin as 3/4" leaving 5/8" with good wood, but costs would still be about the same.
Cost for real wood in this case should be comparable to T1-11 except the extra work installing and finding it. I don't find it much harder than T1-11 as the boards are long- no precision cutting except top-bottom-edges etc.
16 grand for the whole house, or just that siding?
First cuts (you'd have lots of evil peeling to do) are generally free. But I think that the Stiles wrote in one of their books that second cuts (that stuff--still a bit too short or too narrow or too crooked to make good lumber) can be as well. True second cuts won't come with one straight edge. And the free stuff might well be mixed hardwood--fine if you want the barn-wood look.
But I agree with Glen that siding with second cuts can be a pain. Almost impossible to put a joint in the middle so it looks anything but weird, and on that gable end, over the window is going to require a lot of fiddling to get coverage that looks good.