Is Cedar Really Better Than Pine for Fence? #Shorts

[LakeBath]

Cedar is wild. Resists insect infestation and rot. Holds up in water.
Super cool.

[markstanbery]

Any wood that you take care of properly will last as long as you continue to take care of it. Most of us do not show our wood properly😪

[csvinylfence]

anything is better than treated pine. pretty much all they use in Florida. occasionally you will see some spruce

[AmericanPoliceCams]

Cedar is definitely the best and last longer and it's way lighter and helps with bowing or twisted post. The only downside is that if you live in really windy areas their prown to get blown off.

[UltraMagaFan]

As a person who is from the southeast, I’m going with treated pine all day every day. It’s easier to find and a lot cheaper than cedar.

[ianlewis]

I'd love to see a breakdown of the two. Cost vs longevity vs appearance.

[RobertJLessard]

Cedar is 4x the price. That's the problem.

[andrewconnor]

Sand the cedar with 80 grit to remove mill glaze, use a penetrating oil, results can be mind blowing. You need the right sander. Ive used a drum sander. Expensive and time consuming but worth it. My porch is 8 years old looks like the day I finished it

[mattyhelpfull]

Eastern red cedar is my wood of choice for fencing, railing, ect I use to run a sawmill and I loved when we got to cut cedar on the mill especially in the winter... we'd burn the small chunks of slab wood from it and it smelled sooo good

[eatchild]

I work in a home improvement store, we constantly have to discount or straight toss pressure treated because it bends and cracks and idk why but its also constantly wet and so, gets moldy. The cedar on the other hand I have never once seen a beam or board that has warped or gotten moldy. Also cedar is a lot less likely to give you cancer.

[CJ-rjtg]

We built our houses
My neighbor went cedar I went cheap no stain either 23 years later his ceder decayed and been replaced
My PT is going strong
I did replaced two post that rotted at ground level
That’s my case.

[finallyfriday.]

Soooo... money doesn't "count"? Costs are always a factor. A fence I can afford beats a fence I can't.

[larrybyers]

not cedar if its a post. does not do as well with ground contact. also if your going to stain or paint why waste the money on cedar?

[Michaeldashizz]

Does the type of cedar matter? I've been told some cedar is not the same species and not as good

[ashenmoonclash]

As a guy that builds treated and cedar fences they both need maintenance every couple years to stay nice.

[pitbladdoassociatesltd]

For a fence yeah I would go with the cedar. For a decking where it will take a lot more knocks then maybe not. Yet cedar is not just cedar though is it, there are a variety of cedars and qualities of them

[williamwarner]

Cedar is awesome. Pressure treated wood is nice too. But why wasn't the porch stained a nice color?

[jonny-b]

I know Cedar siding last about 30-40 years. Or more I mean, I've seen older. And it's rarely more than a fist size of rot here, a rotten seam there etc. It usually falls out of fashion before it truly fails. It's expensive as hell though. You could have 2 PT fences in that 30-40 years.

[pughconsulting]

It doesn't matter here in Florida. Termites will eat either one. Pressure treated wood will last about 8 years give or take. Cedar is similar.

[michaelmcgrath]

There's cedar fence post around the US that are well over 100 years old and still good