Rabbeted Horizontal Lap Siding

1 x 6 beveled siding installed in december 2010.

Rabbeted horizontal lap siding.

One reference that i am looking at right now is building construction illustrated by francis d k. Shiplap has a rabbeted joint at the overlap. The horizontal lap siding comes in a variety of widths and in 5 style profiles. Beveled siding and lap siding are often used interchangeably.

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. 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. 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. We are also a dealer for fraserwood siding.

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. The average cost to reside a 1 500 sq ft. In your example the drop is larger than normal and a bit odd looking. Shiplap shiplap boards shiplap siding wood sheathing whose edges are rabbeted to make an overlapping joint.

I have learned through the years however that the same thing is often referred to by different names in different areas. 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. For example you install fiber cement lap siding in much the same way as. Dutch lap and other novelty siding.

The clapboard and its variants are the original horizontal siding dating back to the earliest. Untapered lap siding is usually larger and often of imitative materials. But it was the release of the em series siding that made this product above and beyond other wood siding products. The dolly varden rabbeted bevel profile is an easier install while providing the same traditional bevel style and appearance.

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. Cedar dutch lap aka novelty german drop siding has a rabbeted edge overlap is also larger. It is a wood joint used chiefly in exterior siding finishes it involves rebating. Lap siding also called horizontal siding or clapboard may be made of wood fiber cement plywood hardboard or similar materials.

Names of wood siding types varied over time and by region.