Fool the eye - Horizontal paneling

[Nygge72]

Hi, I am going to install horizontal paneling on a summer cottage. It stands on pillars and is probably not entirely straight in construction since it is from the 60s.

When I take a level and go around the house marking where the top edge of the lowest panel board lands if it is level around the house, I end up with a 4cm difference compared to the bottom edge of the house (the sill). That is, on the first board, the board goes a few cm below the sill, while on the last board it goes many more cm below.

I feel I can't have it like that, so the question is if I can raise the panel a little bit for each wall, and how much can I raise the panel to trick the eye into not seeing this when viewing two sides at the same time?

Does anyone have knowledge about this that I don't possess?

 

[nino]

Will there be knot boards as well? I think you can move a few cm at least without thinking about it if they are knot boards.

 

[Violina]

Hi, I will be installing horizontal paneling on a summer cottage. It's on stilts and the construction is not entirely straight since it's from the 60s.

When I take a spirit level and go around the house marking where the top edge of the bottom panel board would be if it's level around the house, I end up with a 4cm difference compared to the bottom of the house (the sill). That is, on the first board, it goes a few cm below the sill, whereas on the last board, it goes many more cm below.

I feel that this won't work, so the question is if I can raise the panel a bit on each wall, and how much could I raise it to trick the eye so it doesn't notice this when viewing two sides at the same time?

Does anyone have knowledge about this that I don't possess?

I don't understand the problem?

Doesn't the panel cover the sill?

If you put it level, it doesn't matter how crooked the house is, does it?

Only potentially crooked windows would be visible...

 

[Nygge72]

Will it be corner boards too? I think you can move a few cm without thinking about it if it's corner boards

Yes, that's my feeling too, even though I only plan to raise about 0.5-1.0 cm/wall.

 

[Nygge72]

I don't understand the problem?

The panel covers the sill, right?

If you then make it level, it doesn't matter how crooked the house is?


Only potentially crooked windows will be visible..

Strictly speaking, that's true, but since I framed the wall according to the existing wall, there's a bit less nailing batten to attach to (even though it's enough) for the bottom row.