making faux ledgestone or stack stone

I want to side my cottage sunroom in faux ledgestone or stack stone. Having checked out prices, its more than I want to pay. I'm thinking of using used pressure treated wood to cut various lengths and widths to faux paint and attach to the walls to look like ledgestone. Is this possible or am I just cheap and crazy? I'd appreciate any ideas and comments. Thanks

 

Welcome to the forums! Crazy, no, the other word, maybe. Have you gone through exactly how you will attach the wood to the underlayment? Cement won't work, as it is too porous and will give way too easily. It is possible by the time you buy the lumber, or whatever you plan on using, cut it, form it to the shape of stones, apply it and paint it you could have afforded the stack stone. Is there another siding option that you would consider? Why are you wanting this particular finish? How will it look in your neighborhood and with the rest of the house?

 

I wanted the stone look. This is a sunroom at our summer cottage that was recently added. The rest of the cottage is sided with 12" wide wood like siding that is no longer available. I have lots of pressure treated lumber from the deck that existed where the sunroom now is. The addition is currently sided with a 4X8 sheet wood siding that isn't very attractive. If I used pieces of wood, I would nail and glue it on. Do you have an alternate option that would go with the 12" siding? This is in a lake area where you can do whatever you want and there are lots of different styles and finishes. Thanks for replying.

 

Cedar shakes come to mind. Not too difficult to apply (use a narrow crown stapler), and they enhance other types of siding. Just install 1x3 cedar trim around the area you want to install it, apply tyvek over the wood and apply the shakes in an offset pattern.

 

Now, this sounds like a plan. Great advice.