Does anyone have an opinion on “sugar pine” vs “eastern white”? I want to make an exterior wooden door. Is “sugar pine” slightly more stable and rot resistant? Is it available in New England?
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Sugar pine is a west coast wood. I don't believe it is any more or less durable (rot-resistant) that EWP. I suspect it would be ALOT more expensive with shipping & fondling & all. Rick
Neither white pine nor sugar pine are especially rot resistant, but a properly designed, carefully made, and installed door shouldn't rot, no matter what wood it is made out of. The USDA wood manual lists doors, sash, and millwork as being products regularly made out of both species.
My one job using sugar pine, done many years ago, left me with the impression that it was the softest wood, with the exception of balsa wood, that I ever worked with. I wouldn't go to a lot of trouble to use sugar pine if good quality white pine were readily available.
John W.
I'd use fir- reasonable strength, good rot resistance, works nicely, good to look at.
Glaucon
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