young growth redwood

goes down flat and stays flat, straight and in place with excellent resistance to warping and twisting.

Simpson Timber Co. produces two specialized products from newer forests. TopDeck is a selection of popular decking grades, carefully air seasoned, surfaced on all four sides and sold in convenient specified lengths in 2' increments from 8' to 20'.

Premium Knotty is a tight knot, saw textured redwood siding containing the visual appeal of contrasting heartwood and sap- wood.

Louisiana-Pacifi c offers Desert Dry Redwood decking. lt utilizes later growth material to better showcase the tight knots and natural variations of color and pattern that distinguish redwood from cedar and pressure treated wood.

In addition to similar knotty siding and decking products, Pacific Lumber Co. also has young growth redwood in structuraf grades, including 2x4 and 2x6 deck heart, 2x8 through 12 No. 2 heart structural and No. 2 sapwood. "lt will probably continue to be used in decking, but it is engineered to structural grades if someone decides to use it for that," says Keith Kersell. "With the smaller knot structure, young growth seems to be easier than old growth to grade to structural."

Georgia-Pacific also sells a full line of S4S and siding patterns. in construction heart, construction common, deck heart and deck common from new growth redwood. Just don't call it second growth, says G-P's Jim Ramsey.

"Redwood is so fast growing, there's no such thing as second growth," he says. "lt could be third or fourth growth. It's new growth."