Historic Siding And Boards

Weatherboard siding is designed to function by each piece overlapping the piece below it.

Historic siding and boards. The overlap is what keeps water from getting between the boards. Lap siding refers to horizontal boards that overlap the next lower board so that they shed rainfall like the overlapping feathers of a duck. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Bevel siding and bungalow siding are 20th century versions that are generally resawn from boards producing random grain to obtain widths of 8 and more.

Our handcrafted pioneer log siding simulates rustic square logs. Wood siding has been ubiquitous with home construction for thousands of years. By the 1930s standard references listed no fewer than 28 different types of common horizontal siding. Most of the time when i remove vinyl siding from a historic house i find wet spongy and rotted wood siding.

Newtechwood european siding system 4 8 in. Inevitably the vinyl siding got some moisture behind it sometimes from rain seeping in and sometimes just from water vapor trying to escape the house. Clapboard is style of siding where the long boards are nailed horizontally or from end of the house to the other end of the end of the house. Primed 4 oc v groove plywood siding panel.

Lap board comes in a variety of profiles. Wood siding shake wood siding 4 inch siding 1 in. Sometimes it s possible and usually cheaper to adapt a local product rather than have an exact match milled. Wood siding is the most common type of exterior cladding found on older historic homes and most is lap siding of some form or configuration.

This is why it is important for all of the boards to have a uniform alignment. First vinyl siding doesn t allow the house to breathe. Each piece of pioneer log siding is hand hewed sculpted distressed sanded and. Clapboard was also immensely popular and was sometimes called ship lap because it looked like the side of an old sailing ship.

You can still find beveled drop and other novelty siding at lumberyards but it s not always like the original. Siding related products 0 344 in. From home as rustic as the log cabins built by earlier settlers to the grand georgian style mansionswood siding has played a pivotal role in its many shapes and forms. X 60 1 2 in.

We hand hew and distress boards dramatically to transform any home or business into an historic look of the past. The rabbet on one piece will overlap the cove cut on the piece immediately below it. Composite norwegian board siding in roman antique 14 piece model uh46 16 at 14 799 00 bundle 799 00 bundle delivery unavailable. Distressed to simulate historic square logs.

Clapboard siding makes its debut about the same time as board and batten siding as early settlers began to use sawmills to cut the tree logs into long planks or boards.