Historic Wood Siding

They range from hand split clapboards of short lengths with feather edged ends shown here to pit or mill sawn boards which can be beveled rabbeted or beaded.

Historic wood siding.

Understanding home building regulations based on historic overlays can help eliminate the headache during renovations so it s important to stay in the know before embarking on the project. Historical wood siding remodeling renovating and restoring historic homes authentically is easy with our historic siding. Wood siding on a historical building is also one of the most easily read indicators of the general health of the building. First vinyl siding doesn t allow the house to breathe.

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. For example paint on the wooden siding and doors may be adhering firmly. And paint on the porch balusters and window sills cracking and alligatoring. The classic example is log cabin siding a peeled log simulation with shiplapped joints.

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. Paint on the eaves peeling. Most of the time when i remove vinyl siding from a historic house i find wet spongy and rotted wood siding. Paint peeling from wood siding can be an early warning signal that there are moisture problems threatening the building and can sometimes even indicate where those problems are rooted e g gutters or downspouts that aren t working improper flashing weatherproofing etc.

We have the ability to source authentic historic siding for all types of historic homes and structures. Historic wood siding exhibits rich and varied surface textures. Log cabin siding was common by the 1930s in 6 8 and 10 widths.