Board And Batten Wooden Siding

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Board and batten wooden siding.

True board and batten is made with vertically installed wide boards and narrow battens fastened over the gaps between the boards. Alternating wide and narrow vertical panels combine in a simple yet beautiful design well suited to distinctive architectural styles. Board batten features. Perhaps the most common arrangement uses 1x10 boards and 1x2 or 1x3 batten.

With board batten certainteed has recreated a siding favored by early settlers to protect and beautify homes and outbuildings. Historically and traditionally a wooden batten would be placed over a seam between the wide boards creating a stronger and more energy efficient siding. How to change an outdoor light fixture on different types of siding. Board and batten is currently one of the most popular types in the united states.

Our genuine wood siding is made according to the industry s strictest standards for performance and appearance. Out of stock online. About board and batten siding. For wider boards use 2 fasteners and for narrower boards and battens use 1 fastener.

Traditionally board and batten siding starts with wide vertical planks boards which are then joined together by thin vertical strips battens to cover the seams. Board and batten is a siding and paneling style that uses narrow strips of wood placed over the joints of wide boards for a geometric layered effect. Fasten board and battens using nails or screws at the top and bottom edges and every 2 along the board length. Fasten board and batten siding by nailing the boards at the center and battens between the gaps of the boards.

Homesteaders and farmers would use sawmills to cut the long boards and the battens were put in place to make the structure as airtight as possible. As a basic yet uniquely attractive type of siding it s commonly used on barns across america also granting it the name barn siding board and batten siding uses strips of narrow wood called battens. Whether used alone or combined with our moulding or shingles maibec siding will lend organic beauty and warmth to any architectural style for years to come. In appearance board and batten siding can look rustic or modern depending on how rough the lumber is and its finish.

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. Mountain mist barnwood wood siding board 5 pieces per box model bpbarn106mmb 80 10 80 10.