Wondering how best to resolve the nail battens in the gable on a frame that will be clad with board and batten siding. I want to create a break where the "attic part" begins at the bottom edge of the rafter and up to the ridge.
I mean that I want the panel from here to come down over the board and batten I've placed from below up to the attic section. Do you simply attach a thicker nail batten in the gable on the rafters, which I then attach my board and batten to?
I've used 28*70 nail battens for long sides and short sides, spaced 60 cm apart up to flush with the top plate.
The board and batten siding will be 22*120 boards, and my idea is correct if I take an additional 45*70 as a base against the rafter and then place my 28*70 nail batten on this. This will then extend these boards 45mm more and should in this way create my break correctly, right?
I mean that I want the panel from here to come down over the board and batten I've placed from below up to the attic section. Do you simply attach a thicker nail batten in the gable on the rafters, which I then attach my board and batten to?
I've used 28*70 nail battens for long sides and short sides, spaced 60 cm apart up to flush with the top plate.
The board and batten siding will be 22*120 boards, and my idea is correct if I take an additional 45*70 as a base against the rafter and then place my 28*70 nail batten on this. This will then extend these boards 45mm more and should in this way create my break correctly, right?
Hi Forrest!
Some common ways to panel the shorter sides with gable peaks;
1. Use long boards all the way up.
2. Break off where you say, even with the nailing batten. Either with a flashing that goes under the upper panel and over the lower one, or set a nice "waist" (a horizontal board, either completely smooth or nicely planed) and place flashing both above and below this.
If I understand you correctly, you intend to have the gable peak panel overlap the lower one (?).
If you then plan to place a 45x70 on top of the lower panel to cover the end grain and have something to nail into, and pull the upper panel slightly below, I definitely think that should work. Just saw the panels at a 15-degree angle so you get a drip edge.
I think it's a creative solution!
If I've understood you correctly?
Good luck! Johan
Some common ways to panel the shorter sides with gable peaks;
1. Use long boards all the way up.
2. Break off where you say, even with the nailing batten. Either with a flashing that goes under the upper panel and over the lower one, or set a nice "waist" (a horizontal board, either completely smooth or nicely planed) and place flashing both above and below this.
If I understand you correctly, you intend to have the gable peak panel overlap the lower one (?).
If you then plan to place a 45x70 on top of the lower panel to cover the end grain and have something to nail into, and pull the upper panel slightly below, I definitely think that should work. Just saw the panels at a 15-degree angle so you get a drip edge.
I think it's a creative solution!
If I've understood you correctly?
Good luck! Johan