Ghetto Brick Siding

Aluminum siding kicked it to the curb.

Ghetto brick siding.

Aluminum siding took the marketplace by storm and the returning veterans from wwii didn t want their new houses covered with the material they grew up with. Most building products have their day in the sun. This is ghetto brick. Device for marking artificial stone u s.

Nailon and novi siding is composed of polypropylene a tough durable material that is more resistant to weather and easier to maintain than actual rock or brick. Bricktex or brick tex faux brick siding insul brick rudely nicknamed ghetto brick permastone see perma stone exteriors of interest are these patents helping trace the history of brick tex like products. New genstone chicago brick 16 75 in. Brick veneer siding inside corner ledger model eacbicl 36 72 36 72.

Ghetto brick in the mid 20th century before there was aluminum or vinyl siding asphalt shingle siding was the alternative replacement siding. Brick veneer siding inside corner panel. Asphalt siding was available from the 1930s to about 1960. New genstone chicago brick 22 5 in.

Sunset for this magic siding product happened in the 1960s. Patent 833 675 issued october 16 1906. Some of this siding was stamped to appear to be brick or stone. Houses clad in insulbrick can appear to be brick houses from a distance.

That ghetto brick house on the corner has been rental property for as long as i can remember. The exterior siding panels incredibly lifelike quality will convince people that actual brick or stone was used. Insulbrick was the preferred choice for replacement siding until aluminum and vinyl siding became available in the late 1950s. As a rule tar paper and insulbrick were applied over wood siding.

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