Beetle Kill Pine Siding

Multiple housing complexes are beginning to use beetle kill wood to replace s of houses like a condo complex at copper mountain which is replacing old siding with blue stain wood which is named for the dark color in the wood that is caused by fungus carried by the pine beetle.

Beetle kill pine siding.

River tables 130 sqft. Misc tops 40 sqft. Because of its thick bark ponderosa pines hold moisture in the tree 10x longer than commercially harvested lodgepole pine. 406 642 7120 floors.

Kitchen counters 70 sqft. However it does not feed or otherwise damage. Bar tops 40 sqft. The typically blue grey coloration comes from a fungus which is burnt away in the drying process that spreads from bark beetles to pine trees.

We sell our side slabs as firewood that come off the logs when milling lumber in order. The blue stain pine fungus works symbiotically with the beetles by turning the tree wood into nutrients. As the fungus spreads it feeds off of the material contained in the wood cell. The blue stain present in colorado s beetle killed pine forests is not a defect.

Beetle kill pine is the result of blue stain fungus that spreads from bark beetles to lodgepole pine douglas fir and whitebark pine trees. These hand picked beetle kill ponderosa pine trees range from 100 400 years old. Should existing climate conditions persist according to an fea report. This beetle kill pine lumber is for interior applications only.

Beetle kill pine and douglas fir lumber products live edge slabs tongue and groove shiplap rough cut lumber beams. Beetle kill wood is also being used in local projects. Learn about our beetle kill pine lumber for walls and floors here at sustainable lumber co. Front range lumber is denver s beetle kill blue stain pine headquarters.

A stack of drying blue stained lumber. Beetle kill pine tops 40 sqft. It s a discoloration of the wood caused by a fungus introduced by the mountain pine beetle. About beetle kill pine lumber.

The amount of lumber destroyed in the outbreak could surpass how much the mountain pine beetle killed in b c. Perfect material for wall covering flooring and more. Read lots of useful information about this product on our website. We carry a wide selection of beetle kill pine aka blue stain pine both live edge slabs and dimensional lumber.