Don, I have no direct experience but do know that birch has a winter bark and a summer bark. I would imagine the winter bark would be the one to use, canoe builders used it. I have seen a Yurt roof covered with birch bark, it curled up and was replaced with cedar shingles with in a year. And I wonder what the insurance companies would think? Historically it has been used as a weather layer under trim and splices on clap boarding, et cetera.
Tim
Thanks for the reply.
The winter bark is the inner, reddish stuff right? So I'd want to apply it reddish face to the weather, not the white side correct?
I really like yurts.
The curling that happened on that roof is why I was thinking about gluing it down to something...like veneer. Maybe use construction adhesive and a trowel.
I'm thinking about using it as siding on the top two feet of a wall. Maybe make "veneered panels" that I'd attach w/ copper nails or something.
