Bark House Shingle Specs

With Highland Craftsmen Bark House® Shingles, you always have options.

Bark House® Shingles come in three grades:
Standard™ & Premium™ Grades for exterior use
& Interior™ Grade for interior use

Standard™ Grade

Thickness:
1/2” minimum to 7/8” maximum

Widths:
6” minimum to 4” maximum (Average Shingle width is 13” and wider)

Lengths:
18” or 26” lengths & 36” x 36” panels available

Moisture Content:
Approximately 6-8% guaranteed Kiln Dried & Heat Sterilized

Appearance:
Graded for performance and appearance.  100% usable sound bark.  No open defect, no brown scaly bark

Squared:
Re-Squared to exact 90 degree edges for precise installation

Premium™ Grade

Thickness:
15/16” minimum
1-1/2” maximum

Widths:
6” minimum to 4’ maximum (Average shingle width is 13” and wider)

Lengths:
18” or 26” lengths & 36” x 36” panels available

Moisture Content:
Approximately 6-8% Guaranteed Kiln Dried and Heat Sterilized

Appearance:
Graded for performance and appearance.  100% usable sound bark, No open defect, No brown scaly bark

Other:
Re-Squared to exact 90 degree edges for precise installation

Interior™ Grade

Interior™ grade is for interior uses only. It will not hold up in weather. The thickness is less than 1/2”. It is the smoother bark of three. Interior™ grade is occasionally laminated, such as in furniture construction. It is also used as an interior shingle with a lapped edge, or butted edge-to-edge with no lap, again in interior spaces.

Widths of individual bark shingles are random and range from 4”; to 4’.

Also available for interior application are Poplar Panels.  To learn more about panels, visit our Laminates and Sheets.

The Bark House® Pioneer Shingle
Styles include our traditional squared edge shingle and our new hand chopped shingle. The squared edge shingle has a clean, refined edge. The hand chopped style pre-dates the squared edge historically speaking. The Highland Craftsmen Bark House® Pioneer Shingle is made to the same standards as our traditional square edge siding.  We create a live “hand-chopped” bottom edge to each shingle, which creates a more rustic look.

It is available in a 3’ x 3’ shingle and an 18” shingle.