clapboarding
Overlapping wooden facade
Clapboarding is the application of clapboards—long, thin wooden boards used as exterior siding, each overlapping the one below to shed water.
The term covers both the material itself and the technique of installing it: The old farmhouse needed new clapboarding.
Common in American colonial and New England architecture.
Deceptive outward appearance
- exteriorOuter portion
- claddingOuter protective layer
- sidingExterior wall covering
- shiplapRabbeted board siding
residential · aesthetic · vernacular · Victorian · Cape Cod · New England · farmhouse · cottage
Metal fasteners, finger coverings
- hammerTool for striking nails
- carpentryWood construction trade
- lapOne complete circuit
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
horizontal · bevel · courses · sheathing · framing · level · plumb · saw
Durable, fragrant conifer
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
- spruceNeat; also a conifer
- redwoodTowering California conifer
- woodenMade from timber
lumber · woodgrain · plank · hardwood · cypress · fir · hemlock · composite
Can take a coat
- stainableAble to absorb dye
- primedMade ready beforehand
- whitewashConceal or coat pale
- colorVisual hue property
maintenance · repainting · scraping · sanding · preservation
Thermal transfer prevention
- sealantGap-blocking substance
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- moisture barrierMaterial blocking water transfer
drainage · ventilation · weathertight · protection · durability · rot-resistant · weather-resistant · housewrap
facade
Deceptive outward appearance
shiplap · residential · aesthetic · vernacular · Victorian · Cape Cod · New England · farmhouse · cottage · saltbox
nails
Metal fasteners, finger coverings
overlap · horizontal · bevel · courses · sheathing · framing · level · plumb · saw · measure
cedar
Durable, fragrant conifer
wooden · lumber · woodgrain · plank · hardwood · cypress · fir · hemlock · composite · vinyl
paintable
Can take a coat
color · maintenance · repainting · scraping · sanding · preservation
insulation
Thermal transfer prevention
moisture barrier · drainage · ventilation · weathertight · protection · durability · rot-resistant · weather-resistant · housewrap
clapboardingbrick veneer
Decorative outer wall layer
stucco · masonry · brick · stone · stone veneer
board, boards, boarding, boarded, clapboard, clapboards, weatherboard, clapboarded, weatherboarding