Hello!
I have some thoughts regarding replacing some paneling. We are repainting the house and some of the paneling is quite bad. On the short sides of our house, we have a two-part vertical overlay panel, and the upper part is bad in some places and needs to be replaced.
The two parts are separated by drip plates. See the picture for more info.
The paneling is made in the old way, i.e., battens are horizontally reinforced on the house, and in the compartments, there is additional insulation and wind paper on the outside. Then the paneling is nailed directly onto the battens behind, and the overlay boards become the air gap.
Nowadays, you add a nail batten after the wind paper and extend the facade a bit more, which I am considering doing now. This is because I would like to get rid of the drip plates between the upper and lower facade.
Is this a bad idea or will it look strange? I'm thinking that I will let the upper panel extend a bit over the lower panel, making it impossible for water to get behind the lower facade. Then the plates no longer serve a function, I think?
Feel free to share your thoughts!
I have some thoughts regarding replacing some paneling. We are repainting the house and some of the paneling is quite bad. On the short sides of our house, we have a two-part vertical overlay panel, and the upper part is bad in some places and needs to be replaced.
The two parts are separated by drip plates. See the picture for more info.
The paneling is made in the old way, i.e., battens are horizontally reinforced on the house, and in the compartments, there is additional insulation and wind paper on the outside. Then the paneling is nailed directly onto the battens behind, and the overlay boards become the air gap.
Nowadays, you add a nail batten after the wind paper and extend the facade a bit more, which I am considering doing now. This is because I would like to get rid of the drip plates between the upper and lower facade.
Is this a bad idea or will it look strange? I'm thinking that I will let the upper panel extend a bit over the lower panel, making it impossible for water to get behind the lower facade. Then the plates no longer serve a function, I think?
Feel free to share your thoughts!
Thanks for the response! I assume you're referring to putting up studs and pushing the panel out a bit?F fribygg said:
What do you think about skipping the sheets and letting the upper panel overlap the lower one a bit downwards?
(I'm standing here on the balcony by the way, you can only see a little of the lower panel under the sheets here.
I agree with you completely. However, it would be a lot to replace everything and also difficult to replace with full-length planks, as the house is almost 10 meters high, unfortunately. But nothing unusual construction-wise to let the upper part of the facade overlap the lower one with the upper one, so to speak? How long should the overlap be approximately? Is 10 cm enough or should it be longer?F fribygg said: