Poplar Barn Siding

Many of these structures remain demonstrating just how well yellow poplar performed.

Poplar barn siding.

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. Poplar bark siding is extremely resilient beautiful and natural. These barns are easily 50 plus years old.

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. When you choose poplar bark shingles you are choosing a resource that in many other cases goes to waste when trees are harvested. I don t think you are going to be happy with poplar siding. As long as your siding is not in contact with the ground any of those woods should last for a very long time.

I ve never seen an insect problem with it. Features benefits of poplar bark siding. Low maintenance poplar bark siding are virtually maintenance free never requiring staining sealing or chemical treatments. Red and white oak yellow poplar cucumber magnolia pine hemlock and the list goes on.

It is also a very eco friendly choice for siding because all of the tree one of our few renewable resources can be used. 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. Yellow poplar dries fast but it shrinks a lot and will go crazy if not held or nailed down. Bark house poplar bark siding and wall tiles are manufactured from the peeled bark of tulip poplar trees liriodendron tulipifera.

For interior work it s a great wood. 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. Intuitively it would seem yellow poplar could be used for the same applications today.