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Timber Cladding
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imber cladding is enjoying a resurgence in popularity at the moment in both home and commercial building applications. Many public buildings are using timber to make a statement or to blend into the surrounding environment.
Timber cladding offers a range of design choices both, bold and subtle, let alone beautiful and natural, depending on profile of the timber board, selection of timber species, and coatings chosen to preserve the timber.
The success of timber cladding requires good design, skilled workmanship, a finish that minimises the stress on timber, and a commitment by the building owner to ensure regular maintenance is carried out, to guarantee the cladding continues to perform as the building owner expects.
Advantages of timber claddings include ease of installation, good impact resistance, acceptance of a range of paint & stain finishes and ability for the home owner to maintain the cladding.
The majority of weatherboards can be machined from a range of species, though the most common used is radiata pine sourced from managed plantations. These often come as a pre-primed product. There are also heat treated products for stability available in the market.
Problems with timber claddings usually result from one of more of the following, poor design or detailing, use of lower quality timber, poor workmanship and installation, water entry at joints and junctions, insufficient allowance for timber movement, and a lack of maintenance.
Timber cladding can be used to give the attractive appearance of timber in many fire zones if you choose the correct timber species, and or use compliant sarking, fibre cement cladding and or moisture resistant fire grade plasterboard, dependant of BAL level of your area.
We also have available in our bookshop publications the:
Building with Timber in Bushfire-prone Areas
For general coatings advice see the attachment Cladding Finishes.
Cladding Finishes (125Kb)
