Old Board And Batten Siding

Many new build neighborhoods have featured either brick or lap siding homes.

Old board and batten siding.

Clapboard siding makes its debut about the same time as board and batten siding as early settlers began to use sawmills to cut the tree logs into long planks or boards. 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. The boards may be placed horizontally or vertically. Board and batten siding ideas have transformed itself from convenient simple and unimpressive into modern timeless and rustic.

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. While an old technique board and batten siding has a modern feel especially in the context of the last 40 50 years. 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. 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.

Band board water table at the base of my siding. In appearance board and batten siding can look rustic or modern depending on how rough the lumber is and its finish. Therefore board and batten siding is gaining popularity as a trendy modern exterior design option. Clapboard is style of siding where the long boards are nailed horizontally or from end of the house to the other end of the end of the house.

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. For my board and batten project i used a skirt board a k a. Board and batten or board and batten siding describes a type of exterior siding or interior paneling that has alternating wide boards and narrow wooden strips called battens the boards are usually but not always 1 foot wide. Prep the old siding.

Perhaps the most common arrangement uses 1x10 boards and 1x2 or 1x3 batten. Set the blade at a 5 degree bevel and a 1 inch cutting depth.