Chestnut Bark Siding

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Chestnut bark siding.

Barkclad is the only patented company that offers both natural bark siding and the new engineered bark siding called smartbark. Barkclad s exclusive 25 year limited warranty ensures your smartbark siding will look beautiful for years to come. Now poplar bark is preferred. Not manufactured to today s strict bark house specifications company co founders identified five local residences with poplar shingles before we began our manufacturing process.

The bark is peeled from the felled tree and then flattened and kiln dried. 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. 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. American chesnut bark shingles april 1 2006 american chestnut bark shingles used to clad the inn at ragged garden located in the blowing rock and linville areas of north carolina are deteriorating after 80 and more years of service due to exposure to the sun and weather are deteriorating.

Barkclad has perfected the art of providing superior bark products for over 20 plus years. The drying process kills all insects and makes the bark maintenance free and impenetrable to future insect infestations. The original tree of choice for bark siding was the chestnut tree. Smartbark poplar and smartbark chestnut are washable paintable and flame resistant and with an r value of 4 7 per inch smartbark saves on energy costs year after year.

Bark siding 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. This tree once comprised 25 of the natural forest covering the east coast. 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. A newer version the poplar bark shingle was used historically as well.

Barkclad has won awards for many years. 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. This is the bark siding product of choice for those who want to enjoy a 100 maintenance free home exterior for generations to come.

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 and essentially wiping out the species. Smartbark provides the opportunity to clad your project in barks such as poplar and american chestnut not all of which are available naturally. Historic chestnut bark shingles have lasted well over a hundred years. Today poplar bark is a top choice and provides rustic beauty as well as effective protection from the elements.