Im smack dab in the middle of my first board and batten just pulled off all the baseboards before the 9 month old woke up. the siding on incorrectly, in a way that makes it not last Tack the spacer boards to the siding so that the second layer of furring will be 2 above the first layer. On our house most of the battens were nailed at the edges, Cut two spacer boards at 21 for installing subsequent layers of furring. Thanks for sharing at Pinworthy Projects. I'm not in an area where it is needed so I never had to look into it. Your email address will not be published. them all the way down, and ringed solid stainless steel nails it's a good idea to do a more thorough inspection and to And thanks for all the details! Once you have a nice watertight finish it's time to paint! Round-over or sand the edges before installing. And so I decided to go with MDF. A rainscreen is created when siding is spaced off the buildings sheathing/moisture barrier with furring strips. To get the length of the side pieces, hook your tape onto the top of the window on each side and measure down to the bottom of the lower trim you just installed. to help the wood to get acclimatised before you fasten it on. Hi there Russell and Brian, thank you for your replies. Angle the top cut and leave a bit of a gap above the drip cap to encourage water shedding and evaporation. I think the assembly you are suggesting will work well there. inch thick. nailing them into place. heat in the winter. Great post!! Its so true! If your boards are more than Let's go through this one step at a time. So, if you have a little one, plan to have your husband or friend take your child while you put the boards up. Good luck with your project!! held firmly down with thin vertical strips of wood called An optional (but obviously sensible) next step is to put the furring strips and the insulation. It has been argued that rainscreens are more effective with vertical furring strips, since water that infiltrates can drain directly downward. Everytime I see it Im reminded of just how much I love it. You must be a magazine subscriber to access this feature. If your code doesn't require run-screens, I would omit the drainage matt and rely on the mineral wool with WRB behind. six inches wide (as they should be) you should use two With the 3/4 inch furring strips, I assume you are referring to nailing the board-and-batten, but maybe you have done this over mineral wool. look just fine, and in any case if you are painting it won't I have got to get busy doing this in my house!! You would have to check with your local building official if mineral wool would be acceptable, I can't see why it shouldn't be. Anyway, I hope this is helpful: https://www.protradecraft.com/prepping-rainscreen-walls-siding. Thank you so much Courtney I appreciate it so much! Your email address will not be published. Raw woods develop a patina that may be uneven, due to sun exposure, but are wonderfully maintenance-free. . If I have some time this afternoon, I'll see if I can find it, but you might try YouTube. It looks great! are also good, but if you can't get those, twisty because once the boards are in place you won't be able to And we all know that design works best with the rule of thirds, right? in case they help other people. So pretty! in North America, is probably chipboard or plywood, although Before painting, though, and in any case every few years, You can do it!! And the trim and fluorescent white looked terrible next to each other. https://www.rockwool.com/a/s/understanding-vapor-diffusion/. it's probably best to have the wires come through the gaps between Lets take a look at the before and after side-by-side shot. . Fabulous, Laura! You need to use a caulk that you can paint Figure Four shows where the battens go, but I used my all-time favorite primer: Zinsser Cover Stain. But the technique will still be helpful with mineral wool, I would think (I've only done this myself with rigid foam). get the primer (or stain) tinted to match the paint colour you have splitting. Ginormous. (See step #8.) The next boards to go on are cut around each side of any openings so that battens do not land at the corner of a window. I am glad for you to distributed this useful data about. The ends of the nails should stick out there are no visible furring strips, so our only real choices Rough Openings Window, door flanges and trim require nailing all the way around an opening. Thanks so much!! So, I was just careful to paint the smooth side. Plumb each batten as you install it and try to center it over the gap. fasten them on well. Cut the board a little long to start. I hope mine looks as good when Im done. You might want to prime them, or to Thank you Natalie!! Normally B&B requires the vertical then horizontal then B&B as the best approach. Most ask for more than 3/4" of embed for board and batten. Hi Laree, they are 4 inches wide. To allow for expansion and contraction, boards are attached with only one nail in the center of the board at each furring strip. So then I pulled out my paint swatches, my many paint swatches, and picked Benjamin Moores Simply White. Great tutorial:)Krista @thehappyhousie. Furring strips are most easily attached horizontally to stick framing, which provides perfect nailing points for vertical siding. WOW! PO Box 808 This website presents helpful data to us, keep it up. Run furring to the edge of any rough opening then fill in around the entire opening for flange and trim attachment. Absolutely gorgeous! The increased popularity of rainscreens lends itself well to a revival of board and batten siding. I would love to have you join us for Centerpiece Wednesday linky party where tons of bloggers share their creativity, recipes, DIY projects and morecome on over and see and share with us. For installation instructions, I would follow one of the pre-finished siding manufactures' instructions. And I have been semi-stalking all things Board and Batten since we moved into our home last February. to be using stain, or I used to be so anti-gray, but Ive been loving it lately. be very noticeable. run cables around very easily. rather than studs, because they are horizontal. to cover up the nails you used for the boards, if you like; if Love the project and cant wait to get going on this in my home too! by region to say more on this. Otherwise Fabulous, what a blog it is! Just gotta paint it. Russell, do you just use standard ring shank nails? Your email address will not be published. Is this unlikely with rigid mineral wool? It looks so crisp and clean that you just want to put it everywhere! Note that if you are using 24s for trim, you will need a few pieces of 16 furring for the top and bottom of the window and door openings to accommodate nailing of both the trim and siding. But it looks like you did not need to sand yours. furring strips, as shown in Figure Three. Im hoping that doing this downstairs will brighten it up a bit. by about quarter of an inch. After you have put the battens in place you may want The cut-out should butt against the bottom of the window trim, while there should be 1/16+ of space above the drip cap. replace any split or rotting battens. quarters, today they are probably only nine inches wide, or nine ), It might be fine just to paint them once youve put them up on the walls and caulked and spackled them. the protruding ends of the nails will go into the slot between You are supposed to put the nails in the Oh your living room is gorgeous!! CONGRATS!! damage and repair it. Thanks for leaving a comment and following!! vertical rows of nails three inches apart, Don't panic, the gaps will be covered up by the battens! The gaps between the boards allow the house to flex a little After the furring strips are in place, along with any insulation, (https://hammerandhand.com/best-practices/manual/4-rain-screens/4-6-horizontal-rain-screen-battens-vertical-siding/), https://cdn01.rockwool.com/siteassets/o2-rockwool/documentation/technical-guides/residential/comfortboard80-installationguide.pdf?f=20180718133916. Hi Maryann, I didnt have to sand them at all. Totally worth the hard work. Im getting prepped to do this in my basement, so I love all of the free advice! (and I considered not replacing the baseboards. However, stick-framing is comprised mainly of vertical parts, leaving little in the way of nailing points for vertical siding. Hold the board against the side of the trim and mark the drip cap angle and bottom edge of the window onto the side of the board. If the lumber is quite green, install boards without leaving any space between them, if possible. How awesome is this tutorial! Furring Strips The bottom layer is pressure-treated to protect from splash back. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Are Expensive Building Components Necessary? Thank you! Handy Tip: Bang nails all the way through the battens If you use boards wider than 8, or are worried about cupping, you can drive two nails 3-4 apart, rather than one nail in the centre. Move these spacer boards around and up as you progress. And very helpful tutorial! I love how it still leaves the architecture of the fireplace in tact, and now divides the room not exactly in half. But I LOVE it now, especially since most of my furniture is brown. I can see this being even more important over something less rigid such as mineral wool. I installed B&B in my Living Room because it is just this wide open space with tall ceilings and I thought it needed a bit more structure. Video codec: H.264 Remaining layers of furring are regular 14 spruce. After two corners on a side are installed plumb, run a string line off the bottoms between them to keep a nice line. And if they mess up mid-cutting, Id ask for them to start over with a new piece at their cost. My plan is currently to install 1.5 Comfortboard insulation, an artificial rain-screen drainage mat, then horizontal 14 furring strips to attach the Alaskan Yellow Cedar board and batten to. Hands down, cedar is the holy grail of wood siding, but the cost can be prohibitive. So, that was the biggest hang up just waiting for a time when someone else (like my hubby or my mom) could take her outside or somewhere (anywhere) else while I put the boards up. Required fields are marked *. the inner wall. Start at the corners. I recently watched a pretty instructive video on using string lines to get furring strips in plan for siding installation over exterior mineral wool. Have you specifically used 3/4 inch furring strips over exterior mineral wool? Everything look really nice! (They got another coat of paint once they were on the wall. Come back and link up if you post your B&B to your blog. Comfortboard is hydrophobic so bulk water will just bead off. One night I went by myself (alone time, hallelujah!) For windows, start at the bottom and cut a piece of 24 at 1/16 longer than the window. If you have an older home, you need to remember I dont know the color of my trim since it was painted before we moved in and our home was a foreclosure. This looks amazing! I grossly underestimated the time it would take to get everything painted and nailed to the wall, caulked, spackled, sandedand painted some more. I want to do this so bad! Its probably best to figure out that first, but Ill talk about it here. on all sides (including the ends) with preservative if you're going Isnt it addictive?? battens into the chipboard wall, or to nail the battens by Properly installed, breathable siding coupled with adequate roof overhangs should not allow significant water leakage in the first place. There is an argument to finish both sides of the boards to minimize cupping. On the sawhorses, use a combination square to transfer these lines onto the face. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!! but before we do that we need to repair the siding a little. Now, I know that everyone and their mother has tried Board and Batten, or at least it seems that way. Is there danger of this being not enough nail hold for the siding? I would love to do this in my hallway! Door casing runs past the bottom in the same manner. Video length: 9:37 I didnt get pictures because it took me and my husband to help hold the boards in place while I nailed them in with my nail gun and made sure they were level. I love board and batten and Im too chicken to try it!!! And I couldnt use my nail gun while she was awake because its too loud and she cries. writing? Its from Nadeau they have stores all over the place. Figure 4: Battens over the gaps between boards. {side note: I dont know how I lived before I had a level. Ill try it that way on my next project and let you know. it, when you stack them, so the air can get all round This feature has been temporarily disabled during the beta site preview. A lot of the detailing - like embedding framing lumber in the top of the foundation - that would be disastrous here, works absolutely fine in your dry climate. I wouldn't expect much flex but definitely worth considering. I learned from several other tutorials that is saves a ton of time and hand cramping to paint the walls first! ha! Why not attached the siding directly to vertical furring strips at 16" or 24" centers? Once I had the first round painted {I had limited space to lay the boards as they dried, so I had to do painting rounds}, I nailed up the horizontal boards first. It is also great that the remnants can be disposed of enjoyably, in a backyard bonfire. I figured out where I wanted to place the top of my boards. I also enjoy sourcing local materials. cant wait to try the mdf method for a larger room, I saw your living room on pintrest and came on over. to Lowes and priced out all of the options. I was going to go with this option (and just search for straight boards by laying them on the floor and creating a huge mess in the back corner of Lowes), but at my store they all had rounded edges and I wanted a straighter line for my boards. The furring strips will be installed over 2x4 wall studs that are 16" OC. A lot of the time factor was due to having to work around a 2-year-old. Best tool evahhhh!) Fyi..you don't need rain-screen drainage mat between the Comfortboard and the furring strips. I have a presentation subsequent week, and I am at the look for such info. Practically though, building and Alberta, I'm not sure that's important. Wood prices seem to vary too much I just love it! barrier, such as Tyvek or vapour barrier over both at Home Hardware (at least in Ontario). Seriously considering 2x4's for furring based on your point about 1x's moving too much. I need some brightness so I want to hang out down their with my hubby! For outside lights, though, Corner Boards Glue and screw corner boards for added strength. galvanized nails will probably suffice. equally spaced out from the middle of the board. http://www.furniturewithasoul.com. very long. I even started a new Pin Board last week:Garage Organization. In damper climates, spruce is still acceptable when finished with solid colour stain. Resolution: 800600, Wow, I love your room! Download link: http://bit.ly/1gtyQMi, File name: MFC_LovelyKana_2014_03_24.rar I see in the link you provided that double-furring is a requirement in the east, I'm in Alberta and don't know of any such requirement. and painted gray on top and white on the bottom. chosen. Hi there John, thanks for the info! Celine brings her perspectives of furniture maker, builder and timber framer to projects in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Disclaimer: I am not a builder, and I don't Love the colour scheme too so fresh and calm. are really rough notes; do some research and ask someone local swell with the changing seasons (which it will!). (Read about how I Picked the Perfect Gray. One-by-eight inch boards are very efficient, as one board can be ripped into three strips of roughly 2.5 to use as battens. Avoid electroplated nails; galvanized ones are fine. This is amazing. battens. I popped over from Home Stories A to Zthanks for sharing! And since, like I said before, everyone and their mom has done this in their home, Ill just share with you what I did. The whole room looks beautiful and the board and batten is the icing on the cake! I enjoy what you guys are usually up too. before relying on them! After the boards are in place you can fasten battens I had the guys at Lowes rip it there. Required fields are marked *, document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "aef811efa1127f0134f267e71a863c48" );document.getElementById("gdd7bf3394").setAttribute( "id", "comment" );Comment *. I bought two sheets and had quite a bit left over. Trim The simplest window and door trim is made from 24" lumber with aluminum drip cap. On the gable end walls, run furring strips parallel to the roof line and then fill in the horizontals. First-level battens are the same length as the boards. is on? between the boards. Follow Canadian Woodworking. It looks amazing, someday I will do this, I love it! your entire home for that matter. i splurged and used pine in my entry way and love how it turned out. Thanks for the tutorial in my forever home one day. After building for a couple of decades here in Vancouver Island, a few years ago I went to Calgary to frame a house. Maybe just as easy and less time-consuming. protection and insulation! It seems that the mineral wool will provide ample airflow especially given the relatively dry climate in Alberta. I would love for you to share with us at the Pretty Things party (live now!). Is that right? because the building was designed to work in a particular This gave the room so much character and charm. If you are replacing old boards, though, remember that Handy tip:The fastest way to put caulking in place !You have been featured at The DIY Dreamer. Love everything in it. Looks great! The complete source for building, designing, and remodeling green homes. You can use nails or screws, but these strips will be taking The double strapping is to get the spacing to match the battens and get correct embed with that specific siding. in an older house (at least in Ontario) it might be brick. A Guide to Wall Trim and Wall Molding Ideas, How to Add Curtain Trim Tape for a Custom Look, DIY Chinoiserie Pumpkins {with video tutorial}, Formal Dining Room to Functional Play Room, http://thestylesisters.blogspot.com/2014/04/centerpiece-wednesday.html. Em. claim that these notes are "correct"---I give them here Except they tried to rip a few 8 foot long pieces for me, and when it didnt go well, they had to cut it the other way and I ended up with a bunch of 3 feet 4 inch long strips. It made for a lot of extra caulking, spackling and sanding. it's recommended that you leave the wood outside with a tarpaulin document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Inspiring Media Inc. This planter bench will offer a seat to anyone who needs it and add colour to the area with some flowers. Installation of cedar board-and-batten siding, Rain screen for vinyl board-and-batten siding, Proper nailing pattern for reverse board and batten, https://www.protradecraft.com/prepping-rainscreen-walls-siding, https://www.rockwool.com/a/s/understanding-vapor-diffusion/, https://hammerandhand.com/best-practices/manual/4-rain-screens/4-6-horizontal-rain-screen-battens-vertical-siding/. I would think it's possible that bulk water could pool on top of the horizontal furring strips, but it's anyone's guess for how long. Thanks so much for linking up at our weekly link party! Rip or plane a 10 angle on the top edge to assist water shedding. Once I got the MDF boards home, I primed and painted them. loosely weighted down over it, or in a covered area nearby, Side pieces run past the bottom furring strip about an inch, as will the siding. the boards, as you'll see later.. Your room looks so cozy and chic. I looked at furring strips, pine white board and MDF. are some ten inches wide (they vary) and maybe a little over Your living room looks gorgeous. Window Cut-outs The depth of this cut-out is arbitrary depending on board spacing, but is generally at least 2" from either edge of the board. You should use siding nails to put the battens in I had planned to use a rain-screen mat to meet the 9.5mm drained and vented air space requirement by many building codes. Laura this is fantastic! I love that I can apply this siding as a crew of one, with only a couple of ladders and a hammer. I love it! Just check out their Web site and see if they have one close to you. Thanks so much for linking up to The Weekly Creative! But my house is 50 years old, and they are just yucky old and not my style.). Thank you so much for sharing at my party at Redouxinteriors.com! caulking gun, then take a damp cloth or a latex glove and Thanks John, really appreciate the links! This siding can be done as batten-on-board, as described in this article, board-on-board (for improved water shedding and/or if you do not have access to a table saw) or even board-on-batten. Aside from the air space requirement, I was concerned that the horizontal furring could trap any ingress water and hold it on top of the furring strips. Wow! There are many exterior finish options, but be sure to use a breathable finish. Battens can be rounded over for a more refined look and also prefinished. This vernacular building treatment was the most efficient option in the heyday of the timber-frame barn, whose horizontal framing members were well-suited to vertical siding attachment. I'm not in a high precipitation area so almost any type of gaped cladding attachment is better than standard install. I was thinking of buying the strips pre-cut because I figured ripping the MDF sheets would mean I would need to sand them first. Its fantastic. Split furring strips on a stud where necessary (stagger these splices on subsequent layers) and angle the nails to catch the framing. Below the window, cut a bit of an angle on the top edge of the batten so that it does not protrude and catch water. The width of the cut-out depends on how you will be spacing the boards. It took me quite some time from start to finish several week. When you go to line up the batten, So, either should work UNLESS you're coastal or in tornado alley. not, though, the nails will make a horizontal line that will Im starting to work out how to do this in my dining room, and Im wondering what sheen of paint you did your board and batten? To clarify, my plan is to attach horizontal furring strips directly over the insulation without double-furring. The nails have to go an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half I had been taking a horizontal furring only approach in an effort to save time, materials and reduce wall thickness. Note also The proper siding nails have little rings into You should We have had ZERO issues with 3/4 plywood or 3/4 pine/fir furring strips. Wow, this is amazing! If your battens are three inches wide they are probably wide enough I have been unable to find a local building code that specs fastener penetration for cedar board and batten (3/4 thick boards and approx. ), So at this point you have to figure out what boards youre going to use. Pinning this project and featuring it next week! smooth it down into place. Design crisis averted! Maybe it's a case of double-furring OR installing a rain-screen mat? Furring strips are definitely the cheapest, but its hard to find straight boards. Love how it turned out. This lets the boards flex, Such a beautiful room. https://www.maibec.com/imports/medias/pdf/en/installation-guide/maibec-installation-guide-regular-siding.pdf. Heres an even earlier before picture, right after we moved in . I was anti-gray for a long time too, or at least very skeptical. 7/8 thick battens) however I did come across the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association specs that recommend a minimum 1-1/4 fastener penetration for installation of board and batten. Im glad you dropped by! Count and rip the number of battens required based on the number of seams. Yes it's a capillary break. If you have this on your house As this is a renovation project, I'm trying to keep the wall thickness to a minimum. Thank you for doing such a detailed and helpful tutorial! (Of course it would take much less time in a smaller room, mine is just a big room.) Corner boards are generally around 45 wide and are glued and screwed. ), It turned out beautifully! With your feedback, and the feedback from others, I'm thinking now that a rain-screen is an unnecessary expense especially given that it's not required by code. Board Placement at Rough Openings Seams should not be placed at the edge of a window or door.
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