Timber Knowledge: External Cladding
A collection of articles around external timber cladding, available profiles and fixing information and best practises.
Our new Cladding section is now Live;
Over the last few months we have been working on updating the cladding section of our website so that it
Our Charred Cladding FAQ;
Burnt Back Cladding is one of our newest products, so we are getting more and more questions about this cladding
Our Tiga Wood Cladding FAQ;
Tiga wood is one of the new charred cladding timbers that we supply along with burnt black cladding. Tiga wood
Our Hardwood Timber makes the finest Cladding;
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We stock a huge range of cladding
Our Hardwood Timber cladding is sourced from the very best sawmills, that we handpicked
The very best shiplap cladding styles;
What are the advantages of shiplap cladding & having my wood cut this way?
Shiplap has a number of advantages over
Buying Vertical Cedar Cladding;
Western Cedar timber cladding is one of our more popular products and it is becoming increasingly popular to fit
Types of External Cladding - Horizontal Boards;
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The most common form of cladding is a horizontal layout, these can be nailed with vertical battens on masonry walls
Types of External Cladding - Vertical Boards;
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For vertical cladding, tongued and grooved boards with limited widths are frequently applied to the timber frame so that moisture
External Cladding Protection - Surface Protection;
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Most external claddings can be left untreated to go the traditional silver-grey colour in the sun within around 18 months.
Some
External Cladding Protection - Unfinished Timber;
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An alternative to using a coating system is to leave the wood unprotected so that it can weather and bleach
External Timber Cladding Profiles;
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The following profiles are currently available for our external timber cladding. Here they are all shown together for comparison. Please
External Timber Cladding Profiles - Horizontal Cladding General Information;
Click here to see a detailed side-by-side comparison of iWood's available external timber cladding profiles.
iWood profiles best suited to horizontal
External Timber Cladding Profiles - Vertical Cladding General Information;
Click here to see a detailed side-by-side comparison of iWood's available external timber cladding profiles.
iWood profiles best suited to vertical
Fixing Information for External Timber Cladding - Hardwood;
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Normally in cladding you would fix hardwood boards to treated softwood fixing battens. It is advisable despite location to have
Why People are Turning to Timber;
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Why People are increasingly turning to timber
For some time now Timber has been the material of choice in both interior