Old Siding Details

This is no uniform width to the boards.

Old siding details.

You may also see splintering and splitting but the board is still intact. It is usually pretty easy to pick out. Lap sidings were among the earliest types of finish siding. Popular in the late forties and fifties panels of aluminum siding were also made to look like clapboards.

Lap siding boards are usually random in length and are shorter than 16 feet long. Dutch lap siding pattern. The classic example is log cabin siding a peeled log simulation with shiplapped joints. Shiplap siding milled into this pattern is sold in varying thicknesses.

True shiplap siding in its simplest most basic form. With lap siding the profile of each board partially overlaps that of the board next to it. Also known as barn siding board and batten is an old classic when it comes to exteriors. In vertical applications bevel cut the ends and install the lap siding so water is directed to the outside.

Log cabin siding was common by the 1930s in 6 8 and 10 widths. Dutch lap is also know as cove lap and german lap siding. For most of the housing market aluminum siding has been replaced by vinyl but it still covers many existing mid century homes. When stained it is very easy as you can see the wood grain textures imperfections and even knots.

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. It s fire and insect proof won t rot and is easy to paint and clean. Wood siding has been around since there were trees.