Old Siding Details

It is usually pretty easy to pick out.

Old siding details.

Wood siding has been around since there were trees. So you can use your creativity. 3 8 lap 1 2 lap 2 shiplap 1 1 2 thick 3 shiplap 2 1 2 thick and 2 shiplap ev1s that includes bevels to give a 1 1 2 thick board similar to the v rustic beveled shiplap that we will show further below. Shiplap siding milled into this pattern is sold in varying thicknesses.

Dutch lap siding pattern. The classic example is log cabin siding a peeled log simulation with shiplapped joints. Popular in the late forties and fifties panels of aluminum siding were also made to look like clapboards. It s fire and insect proof won t rot and is easy to paint and clean.

The design is made up of wide boards being placed together and then a thin piece of wood the batten placed to cover up the gap where the two boards meet. Dutch lap is also know as cove lap and german lap siding. When stained it is very easy as you can see the wood grain textures imperfections and even knots. Also known as barn siding board and batten is an old classic when it comes to exteriors.

Lap sidings were among the earliest types of finish siding. You may also see splintering and splitting but the board is still intact. Log cabin siding was common by the 1930s in 6 8 and 10 widths. For most of the housing market aluminum siding has been replaced by vinyl but it still covers many existing mid century homes.

Rustic siding rustic siding is a broad term often applied to several types of siding milled to present an appearance much more like timber than their actual thickness. In vertical applications bevel cut the ends and install the lap siding so water is directed to the outside. This is no uniform width to the boards.