Old Siding Details

Log cabin siding was common by the 1930s in 6 8 and 10 widths.

Old siding details.

Lap siding boards are usually random in length and are shorter than 16 feet long. You may also see splintering and splitting but the board is still intact. It s fire and insect proof won t rot and is easy to paint and clean. This is no uniform width to the boards.

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. Lap sidings were among the earliest types of finish siding. Shiplap siding milled into this pattern is sold in varying thicknesses. 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.

With lap siding the profile of each board partially overlaps that of the board next to it. Dutch lap siding pattern. 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. True shiplap siding in its simplest most basic form.

The classic example is log cabin siding a peeled log simulation with shiplapped joints. 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. In vertical applications bevel cut the ends and install the lap siding so water is directed to the outside.

Wood siding has been around since there were trees. It is usually pretty easy to pick out. For most of the housing market aluminum siding has been replaced by vinyl but it still covers many existing mid century homes.