History Of Novelty Siding

When repairing or replacing historic siding take a sample to the lumberyard or sawmill for comparison.

History of novelty siding.

By the 1930s standard references listed no fewer than 28 different types of common horizontal siding. Brick dropped to 28 percent and block stone vinyl and aluminum siding to 17 percent. E w p 18 available in smooth face. Sometimes it s possible and usually cheaper to adapt a local product rather than have an exact match milled.

Vinyl siding took over the top position at 39. 2000 the siding industry declared a new leader. 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. You can still find beveled drop and other novelty siding at lumberyards but it s not always like the original.

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. Tongue and groove novelty types may be blind nailed at the tongue at left. Widths 8 and over use 2 nails 3 4 apart. 1992 wood remained the most popular but fell to 33 percent.

Reversible pattern usually used for interior applications. 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. Vinyl siding made a strong first appearance at 23 percent overtaking brick for second place. Historical novelty siding patterns these patterns are typically made from flat sawn lumber.