Painted cedar siding lap style.
Bevel siding vs lap siding.
Bevel sometimes referenced as clapboard or lap siding.
This profile resembles the look of boards that have been beveled on the top half at a 45 degree angle.
Beveled cedar siding stained.
Bevel siding is installed horizontally with boards overlapping at least an inch.
The thin upper edge is intended to help the board shed water.
There is less of a bevel to the edge than you ll see on clapboard and less of a shadow than you ll see on a dutch lap.
8 bevel lap siding.
Traditionally oak pine and spruce are the natural wood grains that are used in this style but really any wood grain can be used for lap siding.
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Instead it is edge matched with a shiplap or less often tongue and groove so that it installs flat on wall framing even without sheathing.
The lower half hangs at a 90 degree angle.
Unless you are after a specific style or request a different installation such as shiplap or board and batten a traditional lap is likely what you ll find on your home.
Bevel siding also called clapboard or lap siding is manufactured by re sawing boards at an angle to produce two pieces that are thicker on one edge than the other.
They all have different facade as a consequence of the way they re milled and installed.
Some of the popular types of lap siding include shiplap channel lap dutch lap and nickel gap while clapboard or bevel are perhaps the most known and common ones.
You can also get a modern seamless look with tongue and groove panels or a rural look with board and batten.
The recommended exposure distances exposure distance is the amount of siding left exposed to the weather are 4 inches for 6 inch siding 8 inches for 10 inch siding and so on as shown in figure 3.
Dutch lap or german siding is a type of drop siding which unlike clapboards is non beveled and not lapped in installation.
This is the most common style on homes in north america.
Coved siding was popular by the 1880s.