Old Board And Batten Siding

The boards may be placed horizontally or vertically.

Old board and batten siding.

This style of siding first originated in sweden as well as norway. With board batten certainteed has recreated a siding favored by early settlers to protect and beautify homes and outbuildings. To get rid of most of the rot and allow you to remove the 2x8 make a horizontal cut through the siding 1 inches above the 2x8 s top edge. In the u s this was a popular siding for barns.

Board batten features. I used the same 1 x 10 cedar material for this skirt as the boards for the siding prior to installing the skirt board i beveled the bottom edge of the board using a 45 degree router bit to help direct water away from the wall. Tack a batten to the water table horizontally to guide the saw and ensure a straight 90 degree cut. For my board and batten project i used a skirt board a k a.

Alternating wide and narrow vertical panels combine in a simple yet beautiful design well suited to distinctive architectural styles. True board and batten is made with vertically installed wide boards and narrow battens fastened over the gaps between the boards. Board and batten is considered as a style of paneling that combines vertical planks of wood known as the board and small narrower strips of wood known as the batten. The batten portions cover the gaps between.

Set the blade at a 5 degree bevel and a 1 inch cutting depth. Barns and houses with board and batten siding were inspired by nordic european buildings and gained popularity in america sometime around the middle of the 19th century. Perhaps the most common arrangement uses 1x10 boards and 1x2 or 1x3 batten. In the romantic period 1850 1920 board and batten siding was used for houses as well.

Prep the old siding. Installing new board and batten siding costs between 4 000 and 14 000 but most homeowners pay about 9 000 material boards cost between 0 75 and 10 per square foot including labor the total cost to install board and batten siding averages 2 25 to 12 50 per square foot this style of siding is characterized by a series of alternating board sizes. It consists of boards that are secured vertically to the exterior of the building with smaller boards secured over the joints. In appearance board and batten siding can look rustic or modern depending on how rough the lumber is and its finish.

Band board water table at the base of my siding.