Clapboards

Remodeling A Low-Maintenance Bungalow
This Cape renovation involved lifting the entire structure onto a new solid foundation with helical piles.
Tips for Choosing Siding
Watch this discussion of essential considerations for siding and exterior trim, from style and material options to installation and maintenance needs.
High-Strength, Long-Life Lap Siding
A carpenter's guide to accurately laying out, cutting, gapping, and fitting engineered-wood clapboards.
Streamlined Skirtboard
Boral TruExterior composite skirtboards blend right into the clapboards above and are impervious to water damage.
Boral Discontinues Bevel Siding
Despite growing popularity, the company stops production, citing manufacturing challenges
A Newly Constructed Maine Cottage Fits Right In
Clean, Crisp, and Coastal: Even with touches of modern and minimal style, this small house uses traditional forms from the past to blend into a community of hundred-year-old homes.
Traditional-Looking Clapboard Siding
Boral TruExterior Siding & Trim will stand up to the weather without moisture concerns.
Old Yet New …
This new home uses Shaker themes to make a moderist statement.
Siding — Closing in the Last Few Faces
The installation crew is close to wrapping up the Boral TruExterior lap siding that clads most of the house.
Should Housewrap Be Replaced When Re-Siding?
Q: I am about to begin residing my 23-year-old house in central Massachusetts. The house sits in the middle of a field and gets lots of direct sun, which has…

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