06-24-2014, 04:12 AM
Our interior walls are hardie panel (we went with smooth panel, if I had it to do-other, would use the cedarmill finish with battens on the joints...much quicker!
ADD:One note on pressure treated... here it is water based borate that can leach out if left out (as most lumber is, not only at the jobsite, but sometimes at the lumber yards). Along with the mfg. required treating of all wood cute (the core of a cut piece is not treated, as the pressure treating does not usually penetrate to the core of the wood) all wood that we have used we also totally top treat, let dry then treat with a penetrating sealer... Although our house is framed in structural aluminum, there are wood components for framing windows & such.
One of our fellow Punawebbers built with a plan to maximize full use of 4x8 sheet stock (and full sheets of roofing with minimal trimming) of all materials. This eliminates paying for cutoff material that becomes waste, but does mean you must plan evwerything carefully...
ADD:One note on pressure treated... here it is water based borate that can leach out if left out (as most lumber is, not only at the jobsite, but sometimes at the lumber yards). Along with the mfg. required treating of all wood cute (the core of a cut piece is not treated, as the pressure treating does not usually penetrate to the core of the wood) all wood that we have used we also totally top treat, let dry then treat with a penetrating sealer... Although our house is framed in structural aluminum, there are wood components for framing windows & such.
One of our fellow Punawebbers built with a plan to maximize full use of 4x8 sheet stock (and full sheets of roofing with minimal trimming) of all materials. This eliminates paying for cutoff material that becomes waste, but does mean you must plan evwerything carefully...