Board And Batten Wood Siding

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.

Board and batten wood siding.

Installing board and batten siding like any vertical siding presents the challenges of fastening vertical siding boards to vertically framed stud walls. 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. 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. Board and batten siding is made up of wider vertically installed boards with overlapping narrower battens.

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. The nitty gritty of board and batten siding. Our genuine wood siding is made according to the industry s strictest standards for performance and appearance. Perhaps the most common arrangement uses 1x10 boards and 1x2 or 1x3 batten.

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 a siding and paneling style that uses narrow strips of wood placed over the joints of wide boards for a geometric layered effect.