Insulation Board And Batten Siding

A modern transformation with rustic roots.

Insulation board and batten siding.

With cedarboards board batten certainteed has combinded a popular historic siding with innovative foam insulation technology to provide a classic vertical siding with impressive energy saving sound absorbing and impact resistance benefits. 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. Perhaps the most common arrangement uses 1x10 boards and 1x2 or 1x3 batten. This style of siding is characterized by a series of alternating board sizes.

Installing new board and batten siding costs between 4 000 and 14 000 but most homeowners pay about 9 000. This creates a 1 2 air space behind the rough sawn local spruce siding. Provides up to 19 better r value than regular foam insulation depending on the profile. 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.

As the main attraction or as a charming accent board batten s unique texture and awesome color range add design depth that s simultaneously contemporary rustic and eye catching. In appearance board and batten siding can look rustic or modern depending on how rough the lumber is and its finish. Royal board batten siding changes up your siding makeup literally moving curb appeal in a new direction. Horizontal lap and board batten profiles provide more exterior design options offers significantly more insulating power than fiber cement wood engineered wood or brick only manufacturer with neopor insulation.

The horizontal blocking is 2x3 on top of 1 of xps foam for a total of 2 5 thick. Material boards cost between 0 75 and 10 per square foot. True board and batten is made with vertically installed wide boards and narrow battens fastened over the gaps between the boards. I used board batten siding over 2 foam insulation my new house has 2x6 wall framing with blown cellulose in the cavities and 2 of xps insulation on the outside of the osb sheathing.

Board and batten is a fairly simple exterior siding system of gaped wide vertical boards with overlying vertical battens covering the gaps between the boards. The technique is time tested durable easy to repair and when installed correctly allows for the natural expansion and contraction of the siding material. It also features a deep panel projection straight even face true cedar board texture and 12 colors.