Chestnut Bark Siding

With multiple styles to choose from our engineered smartbark shingles allows developers builders architects and homeowners to create unique and realistic representations of natural bark.

Chestnut bark siding.

Our high grading standards for backwoods bark have resulted in the only independent laboratory tested and professionally engineered product of its kind on the market today. Chestnut bark was once a popular choice for home siding until a blight killed off nearly the entire species in north america in the 1940s. Barkclad has perfected the art of providing superior bark products for over 20 plus years. Bark siding dates back to the ancient indians who used natural bark from the american chestnut tree which is virtually extinct now to clad their homes and other buildings.

Browse the colorplus palette. Years later a man discovered that the tulip poplar tree was an excellent source for this siding. Some of these same buildings still have that chestnut bark. To harvest the bark a kerf or groove is cut.

Luxury wood shingle siding that is harvested with environmentally friendly practices and attention to timing using methods created exclusively at bark house this tulip poplar wood paneling is a reclaimed waste product of the logging industry. When my husband marty and i first harvested bark from poplar trees 12 years ago we felt like pioneers. The bark house 5 point quality control protocol ensures precision in manufacturing. Today poplar bark is a top choice and provides rustic beauty as well as effective protection from the elements.

This is the bark siding product of choice for those who want to enjoy a 100 maintenance free home exterior for generations to come. The original tree of choice for bark siding was the chestnut tree. 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. Smartbark provides the opportunity to clad your project in barks such as poplar and american chestnut not all of which are available.

With help from old timers in the mountains we learned to use the. This tree once comprised 25 of the natural forest covering the east coast. Smartbark siding barkclad is the only patented company that offers both natural bark siding and the new engineered bark siding called smartbark. But at the beginning of the twentieth century an imported fungus from overseas invaded the east coast ultimately finding its way underneath the bark of the chestnut tree causing catastrophic blight.

Bark siding is the ultimate green building material by chris mccurry as told to nan chase on 03 16 2006 applying bark house shingles photo by todd bush.