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 thickness to 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.

Bark House® Pioneer Shingle, Hand Chopped