Poplar Barn Siding

When you choose poplar bark shingles you are choosing a resource that in many other cases goes to waste when trees are harvested.

Poplar barn siding.

Natural bark siding the original at barkclad our natural bark siding is from poplar and is hand peeled dried in a certified kiln hand cut on site stacked loaded and shipped for delivery within a 1 week period or less to maintain the exceptional natural integrity of the bark. These barns are easily 50 plus years old. Features benefits of poplar bark siding. Poplar for siding a barn.

I ve never seen an insect problem with it. Extreme durability poplar bark is a natural protector resistant to both harsh weather and insects. It is also a very eco friendly choice for siding because all of the tree one of our few renewable resources can be used. Yellow poplar dries fast but it shrinks a lot and will go crazy if not held or nailed down.

For interior work it s a great wood. As long as your siding is not in contact with the ground any of those woods should last for a very long time. Red and white oak yellow poplar cucumber magnolia pine hemlock and the list goes on. Poplar bark siding is extremely resilient beautiful and natural.

Traditionally white oak and yellow poplar were the first and second choices of local species for siding barns. Around here southwestern pa there are barns with siding of just about every kind of wood you can imagine. Many of these structures remain demonstrating just how well yellow poplar performed. Local lore holds that termites don t like yellow poplar.

Poplar doesn t fair well when exposed to the elements it s rots very fast. Historically old growth yellow poplar was used for barn siding fascia soffits corbels windows and doors and trim and other applications. Bark house poplar bark siding and wall tiles are manufactured from the peeled bark of tulip poplar trees liriodendron tulipifera. The bark which is historically a waste product in lumber operations is harvested to become siding and wall tiles before the logs reach the mill.