Ghetto Brick Siding

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Ghetto brick siding.

Patent 833 675 issued october 16 1906. The panels appear to be an asphalt type covering on top of a cardboard middle section then a backing. The exterior siding panels incredibly lifelike quality will convince people that actual brick or stone was used. Today thin panels of real brick are manufactured for veneer or siding.

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. Looks like they are installed in 24 x48 sections. This is the only exposed part. It feels like shingles when you rub them but looks like a tire tread.

The homeowner has put vinyl siding over the rest of it. Commonly used names now are faux brick lick it and stick it brick and ghetto brick. Often such siding is now covered over with newer metal or plastic siding. 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.

Exterior siding on a 1950 s home in the country. Insulated siding has emerged as a new siding category in recent years.