[Greenbuilding] "Ecoshel" anyone?

[Matt Dirksen]

Thank you for your opinions about the product. While my understanding is the
company is legit when it comes to FSC certification, I am still wondering if
it is still a better way to recommend fiber cement over cedar. From a
durability perspective, my sense tells me the fiber cement will last longer.
It just seems that the newer cedar products won't hold up like the
"old-growth" products. On the other hand, I imagine old cedar still has a
potential for re-use where I could only hope fiber cement could be diverted
from the landfill.

At the end of the day: do I want to support more killing of trees, or
digging up of the earth.... or both. (sigh). I'd suspect both the trees and
the earth are tired of this giveaway by now.

Matt


On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Chris Koehn <chris at koehn.com> wrote:

> Matt,
>
> I'm not familiar with this product in particular. While Tim's admonishment
> about old growth sources may be applicable, you won't know for sure without
> asking a few questions of the supplier. The site does claim to use salvaged
> logs and FSC logs.
> FYI There is a vibrant business in B.C. cutting shakes from stumps of old
> growth trees that were felled long ago. Shake blockers do this work, often
> working deep in the bush, using helicopters to take the blocks out. There is
> also much salvageable red cedar in log form lying in the bush. Until the
> middle of the last century, most cedar was felled and abandoned to simply
> get it out of the way so that higher value douglas fir could be accessed.
> Just Saturday I was walking in the bush and came across three enormous cedar
> logs that had been felled at least 50 years ago: there's still plenty of
> salvageable wood in the centre of these logs.
> Western red cedar is an amazingly durable material, and if it can be
> procured from sustainable sources, it can be a good choice.
>
> Chris
> TimberGuides
> Vancouver Island
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