Siding system and method

Abstract

A siding system and method includes siding members, such as siding panels that coupled together to form siding for a wall. Other siding members can include both vertically and horizontally applied siding such as beveled siding, lapped siding, sheeted siding, siding paneling, exterior plywood, channel siding, board and batt siding, non-panelized shingles and panelized shingles. In implementations, the siding members are spaced from the wall by vertically oriented furring members and/or horizontally oriented vented furring members that can be affixed to the siding members prior to affixing to a building structure. Some of the siding panels have two-piece backer-board and shingle construction, or one-piece backer-shingle construction, or one-piece backer-siding construction. The siding panels are constructed to for various joints between the panels when they are coupled together.

1 . For attachment to a wall portion of a building structure, a siding system comprising:
 a first siding panel including:   a backer-board having a top end portion and an opposing bottom end portion, the backer-board being tapered with the bottom end portion having greater thickness than the top end portion, the backer-board having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the top end portion having a top edge interior surface portion opposite a top edge exterior surface and the bottom end portion having a bottom edge exterior surface portion;   a shingle having a top end portion and an opposing bottom end portion, the shingle being tapered with the bottom end portion having greater thickness than the top end portion, the top end portion having a top edge surface portion and the bottom end portion having a bottom edge surface portion, the shingle having an interior surface and an exterior surface, a portion of the interior surface of the shingle being adjacent a portion of the exterior surface of the backer-board, the top end portion of the shingle being in substantial proximity with the top end portion of the backer-board, a portion of the bottom end portion of the shingle extending substantially past the bottom end portion of the backer-board; and   a plurality of elongated furring members each having an elongated dimension, each of the furring members spaced apart from one another and affixed to the interior surface of the backer-board to at least partially extend between the top end portion and the bottom end portion of the backer-board along the elongated dimension of the furring member, each of the furring members having a portion extending past the bottom end portion of the backer-board adjacent to the portion of the bottom end portion of the shingle extending substantially past the bottom end portion of the backer-board; and   a second siding panel including:   a backer-board having a top end portion and an opposing bottom end portion, the backer-board being tapered with the bottom end portion having greater thickness than the top end portion, the backer-board having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the top end portion having a top edge interior surface portion opposite a top edge exterior surface and the bottom end portion having a bottom edge exterior surface portion; and   a shingle having a top end portion and an opposing bottom end portion, the shingle being tapered with the bottom end portion having greater thickness than the top end portion, the top end portion having a top edge surface portion and the bottom end portion having a bottom edge surface portion, the shingle having an interior surface and an exterior surface, a portion of the interior surface of the shingle being adjacent a portion of the exterior surface of the backer-board, the top end portion of the shingle being in substantial proximity with the top end portion of the backer-board, a portion of the bottom end portion of the shingle extending substantially past the bottom end portion of the backer-board; and   a plurality of elongated furring members each having an elongated dimension, each of the furring members spaced apart from one another and affixed to the interior surface of the backer-board to at least partially extend between the top end portion and the bottom end portion of the backer-board along the elongated dimension of the furring member, each of the furring members having a portion extending past the bottom end portion of the backer-board adjacent to the portion of the bottom end portion of the shingle extending substantially past the bottom end portion of the backer-board,   the first siding panel and the second siding panel sized and shaped such that when the top edge exterior surface portion of the top end portion of the backer-board of the first siding panel is positioned substantially adjacent the bottom end exterior surface portion of the bottom end portion of the backer-board of the second siding panel, a portion of the interior surface of the shingle of the second siding panel is substantially adjacent a portion of the exterior surface of the shingle of the first siding panel, and portions of the top edge interior surface portion of the top end portion of the backer-board of the first siding panel are adjacent the portions of the plurality of elongated furring members extending past the bottom end portion of the backer-board of the second siding panel.   
   
   
       2 . The siding system of  claim 1  wherein the interior surface and the exterior surface of the backer-board of the first siding panel and the interior surface and the exterior surface of the backer-board of the second siding panel are substantially rectangular. 
   
   
       3 . The siding system of  claim 1  wherein the interior surface and the exterior surface of the shingle of the first siding panel and the interior surface and the exterior surface of the shingle of the second siding panel are substantially rectangular. 
   
   
       4 . The siding system of  claim 1  wherein the top end portion of the backer-board of the first siding panel and the top end portion of the shingle of the first siding panel are configured to form a joint with the bottom end portion of the backer-board of the second siding panel when the top edge surface portion of the top end portion of the backer-board of the first siding panel is positioned substantially adjacent the bottom end surface portion of the bottom end portion of the backer-board of the second siding panel. 
   
   
       5 . The siding system of  claim 1  wherein the backer-board and the shingle of the first siding panel are positioned with respect to one another to provide a vertical flange portion of the exterior surface of the backer-board of the first siding panel and a vertical flange portion of the interior surface of the shingle of the first siding panel and wherein the backer-board and the shingle of the second siding panel are positioned with respect to one another to provide a vertical flange portion of the exterior surface of the backer-board of the second siding panel and a vertical flange portion of the interior surface of the shingle of the second siding panel. 
   
   
       6 . The siding system of  claim 1  wherein the backer-board of the first siding panel is affixed to the shingle of the first siding panel by adhesive and the backer-board of the second siding panel is affixed to the shingle of the second siding panel by adhesive. 
   
   
       7 . The siding system of  claim 1  wherein the backer-board of the first siding panel has a flange portion extending from the top end portion of the first siding panel and has a notch portion formed by the flange portion and the top edge surface portion of the top end portion of the first siding panel and wherein the backer-board of the second siding panel has a flange portion extending from the top end portion of the second siding panel and has a notch portion formed by the flange portion and the top edge surface portion of the top end portion of the second siding panel. 
   
   
       8 . For attachment to a wall portion of a building structure, a siding system comprising:
 a first siding panel having a top end portion, an opposing bottom end portion, the first siding panel being tapered with the bottom end portion being thicker than the top end portion, the first siding panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface;   a first plurality of elongated furring members each having an elongated dimension, each of the members spaced apart from one another and affixed to the interior surface of the first siding panel to at least partially extend between the top end portion and the bottom end portion of the first siding panel along the elongated dimension of the member, each of the first plurality of furring members having a portion extending past the bottom end portion of the first siding panel;   a second siding panel having a top end portion, an opposing bottom end portion, the second siding panel being tapered with the bottom end portion being thicker than the top end portion, the second siding panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface; and   a second plurality of elongated furring members each having an elongated dimension, each of the members spaced apart from one another and affixed to the interior surface of the second siding panel to at least partially extend between the top end portion and the bottom end portion of the second siding panel along the elongated dimension of the member, each of the second plurality of furring members having a portion extending past the bottom end portion of the second siding panel,   the top end portion of the first siding panel and the bottom end portion of the second siding panel being configured to join to together to form a joint adjacent the portions of the second plurality of elongated furring members extending past the bottom end portion of the second siding panel, the first plurality and second plurality of elongated furring members shaped to be affixed to the wall portion of the building structure.   
   
   
       9 . The siding system of  claim 8  wherein the first siding panel includes a backer-board and a shingle, the backer-board having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the first plurality of elongated furring members being affixed to the interior surface of the backer-board, the shingle being affixed to the exterior surface of the backer-board and wherein the second siding panel includes a backer-board and a shingle, the backer-board having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the second plurality of elongated furring members being affixed to the interior surface of the backer-board, the shingle being affixed to the exterior surface of the backer-board. 
   
   
       10 . For engagement with a member having an elongated edge, the member affixed to a surface of a wall portion of a building structure with the edge positioned substantially horizontal, a siding system comprising:
 a first siding panel having a top end portion, an opposing bottom end portion, the bottom end portion configured for engagement with the edge of the member when the member is affixed to the wall with the edge positioned substantially horizontal, the first siding panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface; and   a first plurality of elongated furring members each having an elongated dimension, each of the elongated furring members spaced apart from one another and affixed to the interior surface of the first siding panel to at least partially extend between the top end portion and the bottom end portion of the first siding panel along the elongated dimension of the member, the first plurality of elongated furring members being positioned to extend past the bottom end portion of the first siding panel, the first plurality of elongated furring members being sized and shaped to be placed adjacent the exterior surface of the wall portion of the building structure when the bottom end portion of the first siding panel engages with the horizontally positioned edge of the member when the member is affixed to the exterior surface of the wall portion of the building structure.   
   
   
       11 . The siding system of  claim 10  wherein the first siding panel is tapered with the bottom end portion being thicker than the top end portion. 
   
   
       12 . The siding system of  claim 10  wherein the elongated furring members are each fastened to the exterior surface of the wall portion of the building structure by a fastener. 
   
   
       13 . The siding system of  claim 10  further including a second siding panel having a top end portion, an opposing bottom end portion, the bottom end portion of the second siding panel configured for engagement with the top end portion of the first siding panel, the second siding panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface; and
 a second plurality of elongated furring members each having an elongated dimension, each of the members spaced apart from one another and affixed to the interior surface of the second siding panel to at least partially extend between the top end portion and the bottom end portion of the second siding panel along the elongated dimension of the elongated furring member, the second plurality of elongated furring members being positioned to extend past the bottom end portion of the second siding panel.   
   
   
       14 . The siding system of  claim 10  wherein the first siding panel includes a backer-board and a shingle, the backer-board having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the first plurality of elongated furring members being affixed to the interior surface of the backer-board, the shingle being affixed to the exterior surface of the backer-board. 
   
   
       15 . For a wall of a building structure having a surface, a siding system comprising:
 a plurality of furring strips, each having an elongated dimension, each having an interior surface and an exterior surface, each of the furring strips being affixable to the surface of the wall with the interior surface of the furring strip adjacent with the wall and with the elongated dimension of the furring strip substantially vertically oriented, the furring strips being spaced apart from one another; and   a plurality of siding panels, each siding panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface, each siding panel being affixed to at least one of the furring strips with the interior surface of the siding panel being adjacent the exterior surface of each of the affixed ones of the furring strips, with the affixed ones of the furring strips extending past the interior surface of the siding panel.   
   
   
       16 . The siding system of  claim 15  further including a plurality of vented furring members having an elongated dimension and having vent holes transverse to the elongated dimension, each of the vented furring members being affixable to the wall and affixed to a different one of the plurality of siding panels, the vented furring members position with the elongated dimension substantially horizontal. 
   
   
       17 . The siding system of  claim 15  wherein pairs of the plurality of the siding panels are coupled together to form substantially horizontally oriented joints.