Port Orford Cedar is rated strongest among all cedars.  It's a lightly colored wood that allows it to accept stains nicely.  It has earned a reputation for strength and decay resistance.  Historically, Port Orford Cedar has been the preferred wood for buildings, boats, railroad ties, and fence posts.  Its heartwood has an in-ground life of 20-25 years.  With its fine texture, tight grain, and pleasant sweet-spicy scent makes it an excellent choice for interior wood work. 

Solid Clears

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Timber/Clears, No. 2&Btr Appearance

Port Orford Cedar offers the advantages of natural beauty, design flexibility, exceptional dimensional stability and long term durability.  In general applications can be classified into two very broad groups:  First, for those structures such as large buildings in which both the strength and appearance of exposed wood members are of equal importance.  Second, in landscape, park and garden structures where appearance is of very high importance.

#2&Btr Appearance: The lumber is sound and well manufactured.  Its natural characteristics do not detract from the wood's fine appearance.  This grade should be specified when the finest quality rough lumber is desired.

Clear Grades:  Clear cedar grade has a limited number of natural characteristics and is specified when appearance of the highest quality is desired.  Normally this is supplied green (unseasoned) and when required, it is seasoned by air-drying opposed to Kiln drying.

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