Using Bark As Siding

Bark siding is exactly what the name implies.

Using bark as siding.

Depending on the grade standard or premium bark siding shingles will be 3 4 inch to 1 1 2 inches thick. Modern use of bark dates to the 1800s in several areas but was noticeably very popular in the early 1900s in the banner elk and linville areas of north carolina. The bark which is historically a waste product in lumber operations is harvested to become siding and wall tiles before the logs reach the mill. The curved bark is then stacked flattened and air dried.

A natural poplar tree bark is removed from the tree in layers. Individual bark shingles are 18 inches or 26 inches long and the random widths range from 4 inches to 4 feet. Most customers show a 16 revel face. The bark is squared kiln dried and the quality is checked to ensure a top shelf siding product.

The bark is kiln dried flattened out and cut to specs to be used for siding. Average width is about 16. To harvest the bark a kerf or groove is cut down the length of a newly cut log and the bark is actually pried and peeled off. Barkclad based in the southern appalachian mountains of western north carolina is a bark siding and building supply company.

The thickness varies from 5 8 1 x 18 tall x random widths from 6 32 wide. When the bark siding is applied a vapor barrier placed behind it helps prevent moisture buildup and deterioration. Shingles may be cut lengthwise for different looks and the amount of lap changes the look. Are poplar bark shingles and tiles a rustic modern or a high design product.