Wood Sidings – Ever Popular

Many materials have been tried as far as home sidings go such as vinyl, aluminum, brick but one material that has stood the test of time in terms of looks and durability is the exterior siding made out of wood.
Wood sidings are popular due to their availability is many designs and irrespective of whether it is bevel, groove, channel, tongue or even wavy edge, this material has tremendous lasting ability and can be customized to suit any requirement.
Some of the popular wood sidings are:

1. The Wavy Edge Bevel

Though the trend is to go for geometric patterns and twisted structures, the unique elegance of natural curves and straight lines cannot be beaten and you can get all those in your exterior wood siding in the wavy edge bevel type.

2. The Board & Batten sidings

Board and Batten sidings are manufactured by making use of different sized wood sidings to create a unique design that is aesthetic and durable. They are made out of either three inch or ten inch side boards and lend them selves to a lot of customization. The dimensions are not a restriction and the battens ensure that they do an effective job of keeping the joints sealed and protected from rain water.

3. Bevel sidings

These kind of sidings are very attractive to look at due to the three dimensional effect that they are lent by making a cut at a specific angle and stacking up two or more such material on top of each other. The bevel siding is generally placed in a vertical manner to give it a very different look.

Usually it is red cedar that is used when making this kind of a siding and that is due to the many knots that this type of wood contains and is supposed to lend a very rustic feel and appearance to the external wood siding.