Cowichan Gold, Western Red Cedar Exterior House Trim

Cedar Lives the Green Life

Choose Cowichan Gold in FSC certified or non-FSC options

Builders, at the urging of architects and consumers, are demanding materials that stand up to construction and environmental scrutiny. They want materials with a green reputation as solid as wood is durable.

Turns out, wood meets both criteria. Wood products, desired for their beauty and durability yet sometimes dismissed as a green choice, are also the most environmentally friendly.
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Cowichan Gold, Fine Western Red Cedar

Milled only from coastal Western Red Cedar trees, Cowichan Gold is simply the finest quality exterior wood trim product on the planet, a throwback to the quality and craftsmanship of yester-year. Grown in coastal regions of British Columbia that produce fine, tight grained logs, Cowichan Gold is produced at one of the finest, state-of-the-art sawmills in the world, utilizing the most sophisticated cutting and planning equipment.

Terminal Forest Products, which is the single source substrate supplier for Cowichan Gold, has attained chain of custody status (QMI-COC-001038) under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forest Management Certification.

Outstanding Features

• Cowichan Gold is milled from Western Red Cedar which is one of the most rot and decay resistant species of wood in the world.

• Cowichan Gold is always clear-all heart, which means it is cut from the very best part of the tree and contains no knots or sapwood making its texture very uniform.

• Cowichan Gold is always vertical grain. There is no mixed grain or flat grain permitted, making each piece very consistent. Vertical grain lays flat, is more dimensionally stable and reduces cup or split. Cowichan Gold can be left natural for consistent weathering or its vertical grain provides an excellent base for stain or paint.

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