Old Styled Fiber Cement Siding

I don't know how many old houses out there have the original fiber cement shingles but my guess would be in the hundreds of thousands. If you were at my house, within 15 minutes I could drive you past houses that have had these durable products in place for nearly 100 years!

Some of the houses have never had one thing done to the exterior. If they were simply cleaned, they would look as they did at the turn of the last century. It makes sense when you think about it as the material is simply thin layers of rock!

So who still makes these old styled shingles? It is a company more know for its roofing than fiber cement products. It is GAF Materials Corporation.

The Three Profiles

These old styled shingles not only match old houses but they look swell for new installations. There are three patterns and they are fairly distinctive from one another.

Purity

This shingle is available in three different bottom edge styles. You can get it with a straight, wavy or thatched bottom edge. All of the shingles measure 24 inches long or wide by 12 inches high. The normal exposure is 11 inches for the straight and wavy bottom and 10.5 inches for the thatched bottom edge.

Profile

This shingle has a straight bottom edge and comes in two sizes: 12 inches high by 24 inches long or 14 5/8 inches high by 32 inches long.

Emphasis

A thicker thatched edge shingle 14 5/8" x 25 5/32".