Old Siding Details

With lap siding the profile of each board partially overlaps that of the board next to it.

Old siding details.

You may also see splintering and splitting but the board is still intact. Also known as barn siding board and batten is an old classic when it comes to exteriors. So you can use your creativity. Wood siding has been around since there were trees.

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. 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 siding pattern. Shiplap siding milled into this pattern is sold in varying thicknesses. For most of the housing market aluminum siding has been replaced by vinyl but it still covers many existing mid century homes. 3 8 lap 1 2 lap 2 shiplap 1 1 2 thick 3 shiplap 2 1 2 thick and 2 shiplap ev1s that includes bevels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. It s fire and insect proof won t rot and is easy to paint and clean. 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. Popular in the late forties and fifties panels of aluminum siding were also made to look like clapboards.

In vertical applications bevel cut the ends and install the lap siding so water is directed to the outside. Lap siding boards are usually random in length and are shorter than 16 feet long. This is no uniform width to the boards.