Love it!

One can char any wood that will burn-- which is to say any wood. But the effect is going to be greater with woods that have a more pronounced grain figure. Open grained hardwoods such as oak and ash and strongly gained softwoods like pine and cedar are going to look better than closed gained woods like poplar or cherry.

In exterior applications one should still choose a wood that has a high weather and insect resistance. The charring does increase the weather and particularly insect resistance of the wood, but I would still select a material that is known to be adequate and durable when conventionally finished.

No maintenance, fire and insect resistant and looks great. Where do I sign?

I remember the architects asking if we would be interested in having it for our exterior cladding. We loved the look but the issue was where to source it.

Black cladding, wood or steel is on an upward trend so get to see this all over the place in the next few years. It looks fantastic but here in Perth and other hotter warmer zones of Australia, black is a heat attracter so it does have it's energy drawbacks in hotter climates, but saying that if its used wisely and considered with the block site then I'm all for it.

I love this look and I keep trying to convince clients to go with it. When people like the look, they tend not to like the price unfortunately. Still for those brave enough and with deep enough pockets, it's a hard look to beat in terms of unique beauty!

Love this and want to use it on the whole house exterior for a modern rustic barn look in a rural property but we are in SE Queensland and the builder is concerned about the black boards expanding and contracting in the heat and the movement ´popping’ the nails/screws so that the boards come away. I would love to hear if anyone else has had this issue or if there is a way around it?