Clapboard style siding has been used on houses for centuries both here in america and in europe.
Clapboard vs tongue and groove siding.
It is the most popular siding sold today.
The differences between tongue and groove and shiplap are both functional and aesthetic.
Tongue and groove and shiplap are siding profiles the term profile describes the unique shape that results from milling or manufacturing siding planks.
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.
The reason for this is that the pieces need to be overlapped over each other while the tongue and groove siding just needs to be slipped together.
It comes in many different styles colors textures both in insulated and non insulated forms.
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It is available in rough cut or smooth cut and is made with either clear wood or knotty pines.
Novelty siding that swaps a bevel for the cove is often called channel rustic.
The installation process for both tongue and groove siding and wood lap siding is pretty simple.
Clapboard siding is siding where long narrow boards or panels are nailed horizontally across the house.
Vertically horizontally or diagonally.