Lap siding also called horizontal siding or clapboard may be made of wood fiber cement plywood hardboard or similar materials.
Rabbeted horizontal lap siding.
The dolly varden rabbeted bevel profile is an easier install while providing the same traditional bevel style and appearance.
Rabbeted bevel siding is a variation of bevel siding also known as clapboard siding in which a rectangular groove rabbet is cut at the thick butt edge of each board.
This is a premium pre finished wood siding that is factory coated with sherwin williams coatings available in unlimited colors and many profiles of horizontal and vertical siding as well as board and batten cedar shingles and trims.
This rabbet allows the top board to overlap the board below only used on horizontal applications to create a seal against moisture and other environmental factors.
Dutch lap and other novelty siding.
Untapered lap siding is usually larger and often of imitative materials.
The clapboard and its variants are the original horizontal siding dating back to the earliest.
The rabetted bevel dolly varden pattern features a 1 2 3 4 notch in the thicker butt end of the board this rabbeted edge cut allows the bevel siding panels to fit together in such a way as to protect joints from water infiltration.
Despite the variety of materials installation methods are basically the same with a few variations in fasteners joints and so forth.
The horizontal lap siding comes in a variety of widths and in 5 style profiles.
James hardie siding is expensive because it s a brand name siding that boasts exceptional durability and curb appeal.
Beveled siding and lap siding are often used interchangeably.
I have learned through the years however that the same thing is often referred to by different names in different areas.
House with hardie plank siding is 12 000 18 000 in lower income areas homeowners pay less to install hardie board around 10 000 14 500 for the same size house.
Shiplap has a rabbeted joint at the overlap.
For example you install fiber cement lap siding in much the same way as.
Contemporary rabbeted bevel cove v joint and channel.
It is a wood joint used chiefly in exterior siding finishes it involves rebating.
We are also a dealer for fraserwood siding.
In your example the drop is larger than normal and a bit odd looking.
Dolly varden is a bevel siding simulation made with a rabbeted bottom edge so that the siding installs flat on the wall with a tight joint.
But it was the release of the em series siding that made this product above and beyond other wood siding products.
Cedar dutch lap aka novelty german drop siding has a rabbeted edge overlap is also larger.
Shiplap shiplap boards shiplap siding wood sheathing whose edges are rabbeted to make an overlapping joint.
1 x 6 beveled siding installed in december 2010.
