Eau Claire: Wall Materials Compared

Thin clapboard and wide clapboard are the most common primary  materials used on the exterior of a house.  Aluminum siding is important as both a primary and secondary material.  Older homes may have been created on  with aluminum siding and newer homes are usually built with aluminum siding., bricks, cutstone, and stucco are combined with primary wall materials to accent parts of the house -- corners, doors, and windows.

 

Created by Karen Furo-Bonnstetter and Kenneth Kolarik on June 27, 1996.  Graphs by Brian Meyer, Preston Johnson, and Tanya Jorgenson on June 9, 1997.