Shou Sugi Japanese Burnt Wood Siding
Charred wood siding and fencing are the products of an ancient japanese technique that makes a unique beautiful and durable exterior wood product.
Shou sugi japanese burnt wood siding. Charwood is a japanese style of charred wood called shou sugi ban a process of finishing siding that dates back hundreds of years. The japanese invented this technique centuries ago calling it shou sugi ban or yakisugi. It is often called japanese cedar and is utilized primarily for construction lumber due to high rigidity and quick drying. Our charwood siding comes in five different finishes midnight ebony char silvertip sage and lightest tiger char.
The final product is also known as yakisugi yaki means to cook burn and sugi is the japanese name for cedar but shou sugi ban seems to have won as the most commonly used term in english and it is sometimes simply known as a carbonized wood finish. We provide beautiful long lasting low maintenance sustainable products. The essential idea is to burn the surface of wood to a varying degree of char. Our charwood siding shou sugi ban is one of our two flagship products the other being our charwood fencing.
We specialize in the hachiko variety used specifically for siding in western japan. Delta millworks began burning wood in 2007 and we were instantly enthralled by the beautiful textures and grain patterns achieved by taking torches to timbers and boards. Montana timber products has mastered our own proprietary finishing process to ensure the highest quality and character. Sugi is japanese cypress cryptomeria japonica is sugi in japanese and is a monotypic genus in the cypress family indigenous to japan.
While shou sugi ban 焼杉板 originated in japan in the 18th century primarily as way to treat cedar siding to make it weatherproof the technique which involves charring a wood surface to render it a.