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Exterior Siding and Decorative Stone Accents

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BUILDING an OFF GRID SURVIVAL HOUSE to pay for itself.

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What happens here

The presenter discusses the exterior finishing of the manufactured home. He notes that cedar siding, previously used on his existing cabin, has become too expensive (costing $74 per 1x12x12 board). Instead, he plans to use locally milled rough-cut pine, which costs only $7 for the same size board. He will stain the pine with PPG ProLuxe Transparent Satin to achieve a similar rustic aesthetic to the cedar. He also explains his method of using a combination of real river stones (salvaged from his old fireplace) and concrete 'fake' stones for the deck's perimeter, creating an authentic look without adding excessive weight. He deliberately leaves some cedar untreated to age naturally and create a unique patina.

Goal: Achieve a rustic and aesthetically pleasing exterior using cost-effective and salvaged materials.

Tools and materials

  • Concrete 'fake' stones N/A — Decorative accents around the deck, used to reduce overall weight
  • Locally milled rough-cut pine — Siding for the manufactured home, chosen for cost-effectiveness and aesthetic
  • Real river stones N/A — Decorative accents around the deck, salvaged from an old fireplace

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reused and here's why this is where you're not even going to believe before i tell you how much one of these boards cost this is a 1 by 12 12 foot cedar take a guess how much one board one board cost take your best guess in the comments down below and then what i'm gonna do is i'm gonna tell you have you guessed yet typed it in 74. for that one one board that's 74 that's 150 that's 225 that's 300 to go from there to there in cedar siding i'm going to a local sawmill and i'm getting 1 by 12 rough cut pine and then i'm going to side this house that same board in pine versus from a big box store in the city milled at a local place take a guess how much a 1 by 12 locally milled is going to cost me a pint i know they're not the same board but i can make them look the same or really really really close and i'm going to show you what i use to do to make that color seven dollars when they quoted me that price you guys i stopped and i didn't want to say anything but i'm like could could you just say that one more times i thinking i'm missing a number or something did you say did you miss the two in front of the seven was it 27 was it 30 47 seven it was seven dollars all right let me show you what we're going to be using here this is what we covered the entire house in sickens log and siding transparent stain that's why this that's what makes this house look the way it is i covered my log house in that and speaking of my log house back home if you guys want to see that one let me know in the comments down below uh because that house is actually built to be quite independent as well not as independent off from the grid as i would like but at least it's better than nothing um but some of you guys if you like that look that color that's how that's the product i use that's how i achieve that one of the things that you may be asking yourself is oh man look at you got you got this why why is that that color i don't like that well here's the deal that cedar is left untreated on purpose because i'm intentionally aging it and what i mean is when i leave it without staining it i get a really cool unique patina right there and what that patina ends up looking like i love it so the process is actually pretty fun when i uh when i do this it looks good now but as it ages it actually starts to look better in my own personal opinion i don't know about you guys but this is untreated aged cedar and it just complements everything so well i just i just like how it just makes it very…

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