replace the bargeboards, a single long one must be better?

[Yrrol]

Need approximately 6.2-meter long fascia boards.

Last year, I bought some that were 4 meters and planned to splice them. Then the wood was used for something else.

Now I see that they have "22X170MM ROUGH SAWN SPRUCE L=7M NORRLAND, FINGER JOINTED"

That should be smoother, right? It says it's intended as paneling but should work as fascia boards too, right? The fewer the joints the less risk of it absorbing water and warping?

 

[Matti_75]

Yes. It's better without joints. You can order custom sizes at a real brädgård.

 

[Yrrol]

If I custom order at a proper lumberyard, will I get it without finger jointing, I wonder? Or does that hold up well enough that there are no problems with it...

(I have an account where this board was available, it would be nice to delay payment until the paycheck has arrived)

 

[verktygsgurun]

Usually, it becomes finger jointed when the timber starts getting a bit long. I ordered windskivor myself last year, 8.20 long, but I went for 28mm instead of 22mm. Feels sturdier with 28, I think.

 

[Ola78]

Hardly likely that you won't get it finger-jointed as normally there is only timber up to 5.4 m without joints. I have actually used 6-meter construction timber that wasn't finger-jointed at work, but it is very rare that we receive it, and I find it hard to imagine panel boards being that long without joints.

 

[Matti_75]

No, Ola78 is right, at those lengths it is finger jointed.

 

[Cabrera]

There are also end-jointed vindskivor, admittedly there will be a joint but a torsionally stiff one.