Siding windows St. Peters is often made out of wood in overlapping horizontal
rows or "courses", called clapboard. In colonial times, Eastern white pine was
the most common material. Wood siding can also be made of unpainted
weather-resistant woods such as redwood. Jointed horizontal siding may be ship
lapped.
Vertical horizontal siding may have a cover over the joint: board and batten,
popular in American wooden Gothic revival houses; or less commonly behind the
joint--batten and board.
Plywood sheet siding is sometimes used on inexpensive buildings, sometimes with
grooves to imitate board-and-batten (T1-11).
Wood shingles or irregular cedar "shake" siding was used in early
construction, and was
revived in Shingle Style and Queen Anne style architecture in the late 19th
century.
