Take for example lp building products smartside line of siding and trim.
Lp engineered wood fiber siding.
They are cedar texture lap cedar texture shakes 12 bold double lap and triple lap profiles 16 double triple quad profiles colonial beaded and smooth.
Smartside 76 primed engineered treated wood siding panel common.
0 375 in x 48 in x 96 in.
As a result lp smartside lap siding is available in dozens of colors.
It is often lighter than real wood and fiber cement and very durable.
Lp smartside siding on a house in winter settings.
0 4375 in x 48 563 in x 95 875 in item 88997 model xssp25915.
Fiber cement is often made with portland cement wood pulp or sand fly ash and water.
Lp has a unique program of selling unfinished siding to qualified prefinishers that put a finish coat on the material for retail sale.
This siding option can look like wood it can be smooth or have other textures.
The older and dominant composite siding is louisiana pacific s lp smartside which also includes trim.
Lp smartsidetm engineered wood.
This siding option is still more durable and cost effective than wood or vinyl siding.
Lp smartside engineered wood trim siding resists damage from impacts better than fiber cement and vinyl siding.
The material is made of wood strands coated with a resin binder and then compressed hence the popular term pressboard.
Generally speaking engineered wood siding products are made of wood chips bound together by resin.
Fiber cement siding has been around for a bit longer than engineered wood.
Learn more about our engineered wood siding and trim.
Some of the lp preferred prefinishers are diamond kote coastal coatings pspi and northwest factory finishes.
Louisiana pacific pioneered the production of oriented strand board osb products of which smartside is an offshoot.
Woodtone coats lp smartsidetm engineered wood in lap shakes and panel profiles.
At lp we understand the challenging dynamics of the building industry deadlines limited skilled workforces potential liabilities reputation management and inventory shortages just to name a few and how those are amplified during this time of unparalleled unknown amid covid 19.
This siding is manufactured in six different styles.
Engineered wood is also a great siding solution.