History Of Novelty Siding

Reversible pattern usually used for interior applications.

History of novelty siding.

Sometimes it s possible and usually cheaper to adapt a local product rather than have an exact match milled. Historical novelty siding patterns these patterns are typically made from flat sawn lumber. Brick dropped to 28 percent and block stone vinyl and aluminum siding to 17 percent. Board available surfaced or saw textured.

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

By the 1930s standard references listed no fewer than 28 different types of common horizontal siding. Recommended 1 minimum overlap. Tongue and groove novelty types may be blind nailed at the tongue at left. You can still find beveled drop and other novelty siding at lumberyards but it s not always like the original.

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. E w p 18 available in smooth face. Novelty siding that swaps a bevel for the cove is often called channel rustic.