History Of Novelty Siding

Sometimes it s possible and usually cheaper to adapt a local product rather than have an exact match milled.

History of novelty siding.

Board available surfaced or saw textured. Widths 8 and over use 2 nails 3 4 apart. Novelty siding that swaps a bevel for the cove is often called channel rustic. Reversible pattern usually used for interior applications.

Vinyl siding took over the top position at 39. The german or novelty siding a milled siding that is thin above and thicker below with a concave bevel was used throughout many parts of the united states in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century but with regional variations in material profile and dimensions. Popular by the 1880s and possibly in use as early as 1860 it is typically edge matched in a shiplap joint but was also produced in tongue and groove. Brick dropped to 28 percent and block stone vinyl and aluminum siding to 17 percent.

Created in the 19th century with the advent of the industrial revolution and the vastly improved mechanization of lumber mills novelty drop siding hit its stride in the 1870s and was immensely popular until the 1930s and is still used today. 2000 the siding industry declared a new leader. Historical novelty siding patterns these patterns are typically made from flat sawn lumber. Recommended 1 minimum overlap.

1992 wood remained the most popular but fell to 33 percent. By the 1930s standard references listed no fewer than 28 different types of common horizontal siding. Tongue and groove novelty types may be blind nailed at the tongue at left. When repairing or replacing historic siding take a sample to the lumberyard or sawmill for comparison.