Chestnut Bark Siding

To harvest the bark a kerf or groove is cut down the length of a newly cut log and the bark is actually pried and peeled off.

Chestnut bark siding.

Barkclad has perfected the art of providing superior bark products for over 20 plus years. Click here to download our smartbark brochure. 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. Historic chestnut bark shingles have lasted well over a hundred years.

A newer version the poplar bark shingle was used historically as well. 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. Barkclad s exclusive 25 year limited warranty ensures your smartbark siding will look beautiful for years to come. Some of these same buildings still have that chestnut bark.

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. Years later a man discovered that the tulip poplar tree was an excellent source for this siding. The original tree of choice for bark siding was the chestnut tree. Today poplar bark is a top choice and provides rustic beauty as well as effective protection from the elements.

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. The drying process kills all insects and makes the bark maintenance free and impenetrable to future insect infestations. Barkclad has won awards for many years. The bark is peeled from the felled tree and then flattened and kiln dried.

This tree once comprised 25 of the natural forest covering the east coast. Barkclad is the only patented company that offers both natural bark siding and the new engineered bark siding called smartbark. Smartbark provides the opportunity to clad your project in barks such as poplar and american chestnut not all of which are available naturally. 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. Our customers from all over the us have rated us the number one in customer service. Now poplar bark is preferred. 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.