Eichler Wood Siding

If your siding is not plywood and is vertical solid redwood or cedar boards give us a call or email us a photo and we ll do our best to produce what you need.

Eichler wood siding.

We are located in the sf bay area but we also ship nation wide. He did that with both the thinline and the wideline says jeff. Repair replace any rotted trim pieces siding beams doors and jams. We have the capability of matching retro patterns of grooved plywood and solid vertical stock siding that is no longer available.

We reproduce the unique mid century modern grooved or ribbed plywood which was popular in the 1940 s 1950 s. Prepping an eichler for paint. The brand name was weldtex but it was also known as combed or striated ceiling tiles and wall panels. Original eichler siding was milled from plywood that was semi smooth exposing the natural wood grain.

There are currently 1 listings related to this category. Built in 1955 the orbit in hotel provides an example of weldtex used in mid century architecture seen here on the accent wall with built in clock. Eichler had a number of floorplans where he often brought that exterior siding into the room itself so it looks continuous. Home of mid century modern wood panels and ceiling tiles.

Siding for eichler homes. Vendor information for siding on your eichler home. Patch holes with putty caulk or wood. We have been producing eichler siding and mid century modern interior and exterior wall panels for over 20 years.

However we are now tooling up to replicate the solid wood vertical siding used on many eichler homes. Without getting too technical suffice it to say that today the choices of plywood textures and grades are limited. Today redwood plywood is almost impossible to acquire and if found is costly. Below are descriptions of just some our plywood siding samples.

Keep your mid century modern eichler in its classic style by using our patterns to match your existing wood siding. Well the contractor who did my siding don t want to do the exposed side where the garage is and where all utility services come into the garage. Preparing your home requires the most time of all the steps. Eichler streng bros custom siding for 30 plus years we have produced eichler style siding for san francisco bay area homes and beyond.

We had one half of the front done and the difference between the new and old siding is obvious to me but fortunately my wife who insisted on eichler i didn t don t notice or don t care. Some early eichler homes used redwood plywood.