Instructions / Assembly

HERITAGE
Western Red Cedar’s popularity dates back thousands of years to the
Native Americans who first settled the Pacific Coast region of North
America. Its versatility made the trees essential to Native peoples
prompting them to revere it as a central part of their life. Western Red
Cedar became known to them as the “Tree of Life”.
Native craftsmen and artists found uses for each part of the Cedar tree.
Craftsmen carved canoes, totem poles, storage boxes and ceremonial
masks from the heartwood. Others wove the inner bark into mats,
baskets and water repellent clothing, shaped the branches into ropes
and fashioned the roots into baskets and cords. This heritage continues
today and is a testament to the quality and longevity of Western Red
Cedar, a heritage that is unmatched by other building materials. As a
buyer of Western Red Cedar, this is your assurance that Western Red
Cedar will stand the test of time.
ENVIRONMENT
Western Red Cedar is the ultimate green building material. Not only
does it have distinctive beauty, natural durability and centuries of
proven performance, Western Red Cedar is the ultimate green product.
It produces fewer greenhouse gases, generates less water and air
pollution, requires less energy to produce than alternatives and comes
from a renewable and sustainable resource. Equally important, Western
Red Cedar is carbon neutral.
It is responsibly and sustainably harvested in the publicly managed
forests of British Columbia, Canada. The province has exceeded United
Nations guidelines by setting aside more than 12% of its land base
as parkland. Less than 1/3 of 1% of BC’s Cedar growing stock volume
is harvested each year. For each tree harvested, three are replanted.
The fact is, there are more forests in North America today than there
were 100 years ago. These young forests are excellent carbon sinks.
They also release oxygen back into the atmosphere contributing to a
healthier environment.
All Western Red Cedar Lumber Association members are in the process
or have achieved certification under one or more independent third
party certification systems (CSA, SFI or FSC).
Wood, and Western Red Cedar specifically, has the least impact on
the environment throughout its life cycle. Western Red Cedar requires
significantly less energy to produce than other materials and unlike
man-made alternatives, Western Red Cedar is biodegradeable. Wood
has 400 times better insulation (R) value than steel, 2000 times that of
aluminum, 8 times that of concrete.
Make the right choice for your environment, build green with Western
Red Cedar.