Gingerbread Wood Siding

This lets you create a more authentic gingerbread appearance for your home.

Gingerbread wood siding.

Wooden siding is one of the most expensive siding options on this list and it will cost between 500 and 800 per square of siding depending on the type that s used and how ornate it is. The cost of getting gingerbread siding. This is a pretty significant investment and house with 1 500 square feet of exterior walls would cost between. The need for such a tool is even more apparent when fitting together gingerbread.

This home features fiber cement lap and shingle siding along with wood cantilevers and wood accents around the windows to help finalize the gingerbread look. It gets into the small places which is perfect for baking distortions that are only inch off. The wood is held in place primarily by nails screws or in some cases construction adhesives. These handcrafted pieces also look great in free standing structures such as gazebos and pergolas and are a perfect way to dress up porches and entrances.

North america s romance with gingerbread trim dates to the 1830s and 40s when builders began to interpret the masonry details of europe s gothic revival architecture in wood. Water does penetrate wood so it is important that a moisture barrier is installed between the siding and the structure. Make sure you see the extensive selection of decorative trims hard wood flooring roof dormers fence and lattice doors windows staircases and more. Don t forget to add all of the realistic touches to a victorian dollhouse with gingerbread trim decorative moldings shutters and more.

Picturesque house parts photo by nancy andrews. Wood siding is a veneer or protective covering that is attached to the exterior of the house. A wood rasp is used to file corners and bevel edges when fitting two pieces of wood together precisely. Item 594886 model 08103300810330.

Things started out simply with a steeply pitched roofline here decoratively carved gable trim there.