Dear Tim: My husband and I have a home covered with cedar shakes. We are going to be building a smaller room addition soon, and will match the outside cedar shakes. To save money, I will paint the new ...

Q–We recently purchased a 20-year-old house with cedar siding. When the house was new this siding was treated with wood preservative, then painted with latex paint. The paint has now weathered away in ...

Q DEAR TIM: My husband and I have a home covered with cedar shakes. We are building an addition soon and will match the outside shakes. To save money, I plan to paint the new shakes. I am dreading ...

Dear Jerry: I had my 1965-built cedar-shingle house painted last summer. (I've only lived in the house for 11 years). Within a couple of months the east side of the house started to bubble. The ...

Q. My husband and I have a home covered with cedar shakes. We are going to be building a smaller room addition soon, and will match the outside cedar shakes. To save money, I will paint the new cedar ...

If you want your home’s cedar siding to live up to its reputation for longevity and decay resistance, make sure it’s treated or stained properly and checked periodically. Left untreated, cedar shakes ...