Cedar Board And Batten Wood Siding

Board and batten siding is a vertical design created using wide clear or knotty cedar boards spaced apart with narrower boards battens covering the joins.

Cedar board and batten wood siding.

Sizes are from 1 x 2 to 1 x12. True board and batten is made with vertically installed wide boards and narrow battens fastened over the gaps between the boards. There is no set board or batten widths various combinations are used to create different looks suitable for large or small scale applications. 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.

There are no set board or batten widths. Rough sawn unseasoned boards or boards surfaced on one side and two edges s1s2e are commonly used for board and batten siding. There are no set board or batten widths with this cedar siding but a common combination is 1 x2 or 1 x3 battens laid over 1 x10 or 1 x12 boards. Perhaps the most common arrangement uses 1x10 boards and 1x2 or 1x3 batten.

Board batten texture and sizes. Board batten siding board and batten is a vertical design created using wide clear or knotty cedar boards spaced apart with narrower boards battens covering the joins.