Novelty Siding History

With ship lap or tongue and groove siding the horizontal boards interlock with each other in the vertical plane to provide a weathertight seal.

Novelty siding history.

You can still find beveled drop and other novelty siding at lumberyards but it s not always like the original. Reversible pattern usually used for interior applications. 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. 1992 wood remained the most popular but fell to 33 percent.

2000 the siding industry declared a new leader. Sometimes it s possible and usually cheaper to adapt a local product rather than have an exact match milled. Novelty siding that swaps a bevel for the cove is often called channel rustic. 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.

E w p 18 available in smooth face. 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. Board available surfaced or saw textured.

When repairing or replacing historic siding take a sample to the lumberyard or sawmill for comparison. Widths 8 and over use 2 nails 3 4 apart. Brick dropped to 28 percent and block stone vinyl and aluminum siding to 17 percent. Vinyl siding took over the top position at 39.

Recommended 1 minimum overlap.