Dutch lap although mostly a vinyl siding in modern times was also produced out of timber in the past.
Dutch lap vs straight vinyl siding.
The lower half hangs at a 90 degree angle.
The profiles are more stylish than clapboard vinyl siding and they produce more shadowing.
While simple it has always remained the most traditional and common type of siding as it was easier and cheaper to produce out of timber when compared to dutch lap.
2 50 5 50 psf installed there are a number of factors that will affect vinyl siding cost including the brand name the texture the profile thickness the texture the color as well as other factors the texture the color as well as other factors.
In your example the drop is larger than normal and a bit odd.
The groove has a decorative effect on the house.
The siding guy told me that he prefers the traditional because it lines up better with the front side shake siding and that dutch lap tends to also get dirtier more often than the traditional.
Dutch lap style siding has a hand cut notch on the top edge of the board giving it a distinguished shadow line well known since colonial times.
Before you install dutch lap siding on your home there are a few things that you may want to consider.
It looks as though it was crafted by.
Untapered lap siding is usually larger and often of imitative materials.
The recess provided by the beveled edge and the full thickness of the overlapping panel casts the deep shadow and results in smoother cleaner lines where panels overlap each other.
I wanted clapboard but they put in dutch lap.
Dutch lap vinyl siding costs price range.
With the shakes and almost everyone does it that way.
The house looks better with the groove.
The contractor said he thinks it s much nicer esp.
Cedar dutch lap aka novelty german drop siding has a rabbeted edge overlap is also larger.
The vinyl dutch lap siding looks like real hand carved wooden planks.
We re siding partly in vinyl shake and part in straight siding.
Wondering if this is all really an issue and if i should just go with my preference which is dutch lap.
Look and design the design of dutch lap siding is one of its biggest advantages.
Dutch lap siding varies from the others in that it has a groove at the top of the board.
Dutch lap vinyl siding a popular style of wall cladding dutch lap vinyl siding has a bevel cut near the top of the panel that creates a unique look of depth with shadow lines.