What panel profile works best with woodgrain steel siding?

Plank-style panels typically look most realistic, but prints with a plank pattern in the image itself, like Rough Edge Barnwood Plank, create a three-dimensional illusion on any profile, including standard tuff-rib panels with exposed fasteners.

Which prints work best on flat or tuff-rib panels?

Prints with built-in plank patterns suit flat-sheet installs, wider board-and-batten, and other mostly-flat profiles. Images without a plank pattern, such as Natural Hickory, Smooth Cedar, and Chippy White, shine when rollformed into shiplap, dutchlap, or flush-plank panels.

Lakeside RV Garage | Rough Edge Barnwood Plank Steel Siding

The Project

A mixed-use RV garage sitting lakeside in the foothills of Montana.

The Print

Rough Edge Barnwood Plank helped this garage blend in with the surrounding trees and hills.

The Panel

Tuff-rib panels with exposed fasteners.

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Harmony With Nature

An RV is a significant investment; it’s not something you leave out in the elements between adventures. However, a run-of-the-mill RV garage might look out of place nestled in the rolling foothills of Montana, where the deep greens of coniferous trees and the muted yellows of tall grasses dominate the landscape.

Woodgrain steel siding made with Tru-Steel HD®’s Rough Edge Barnwood Plank image helped this lakeside RV garage become a part of the surrounding rustic environment.

The Perfect Panel

When using woodgrain steel siding, plank-style panels typically create the most realistic look. This project proves that Tru-Steel HD® woodgrain steel looks incredible with any panel profile, as it uses a standard tuff-rib panel with exposed fasteners. The stand-out plank pattern of our Rough Edge Barnwood Plank image creates a three-dimensional illusion without the need for a matching panel profile.

We’ve found this to be true with all of our prints that include plank patterns in the image itself; they are particularly well-suited to flat-sheet installs, wider board-and-batten panels, and other profiles with fewer extruded sections and more flat surface areas.

Our images without a plank pattern, such as Natural Hickory, Smooth Cedar, and Chippy White will look amazing with these profiles as well, but will truly shine when rollformed into shiplap, dutchlap, or flush-plank panels.

Gallery

Lakeside RV garage in Rough Edge Barnwood Plank steel siding, Montana foothills

Tuff-Rib steel panels printed with Rough Edge Barnwood Plank on an RV garage

Barnwood-look steel siding blending a Montana RV garage into wooded surroundings

Tru-Steel HD® Rough Edge Barnwood Plank siding on a mixed-use lakeside garage

Actual product color may vary from images shown due to lighting conditions, time of day, and atmospheric factors. All images have been edited to remove environmental distractions and camera artifacts, and have been color-corrected to represent the product more accurately. For color accuracy, please request a physical sample and view it in different lighting environments.

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