CLADDING expansion

[wa209]

Hi to all...am now onto the interior of my summerhouse... i would like to clad a couple of the walls...cost really dictates maybe with the Wickes 8mm t&g...really worried about expansion after they have been fixed up.
Does anyone have an tips re avioding this...either the way i put them up or treatment etc...thanks

 

[foxhole]

Don't butt tight together, leave timber in room to acclimatise for a couple of weeks, but keep secured as the thin stuff curls quickly once in damp air.

 

[wa209]

foxhole...thanks...do you think re fixing..i was going to 'invisible' nail through the tongue..do you think it may benefit as well with some wood glue on the battens ?

 

[Harbourwoodwork]

Horizontal joinery help hold it all together

 

[foxhole]

foxhole...thanks...do you think re fixing..i was going to 'invisible' nail through the tongue..do you think it may benefit as well with some wood glue on the battens ?

The thin stuff tends to split when nailed thru the tongue, tend to have to pin at both edges to prevent curling, agree with Harbourwoods suggestion.

 

[wa209]

THANKS ...got the first batch of wood 'airing' as we speak...rather a lot to get , around 40 sq mtrs give or take...battens run vertical, so hopefully they will hold...we'll see !!

 

[Harbourwoodwork]

THANKS ...got the first batch of wood 'airing' as we speak...rather a lot to get , around 40 sq mtrs give or take...battens run vertical, so hopefully they will hold...we'll see !!

that sound's odd ,which way is the match boarding running

 

[wa209]

Sorry , the studwork ' for the walls run vertical...the cladding will be horizontal and also across the 'ceiling' , again on the ceiling rafters... i think the average spacing between the 'studs' and rafters is about 500mm.. 6.5 mtr run on the wall and about 3.2 mtr across the ceiling...does that sound right ? hopefully i've explained it a bit better !!

 

[Harbourwoodwork]

Sorry , the studwork ' for the walls run vertical...the cladding will be horizontal and also across the 'ceiling' , again on the ceiling rafters... i think the average spacing between the 'studs' and rafters is about 500mm.. 6.5 mtr run on the wall and about 3.2 mtr across the ceiling...does that sound right ? hopefully i've explained it a bit better !!

you could put noggin's between the stud's or batten over the wall if its a finished wall,try a dummy run put a few length's of match boarding on the wall qnd see what you think of it ,Its just personal taste in the end, traditionally they are vertical and potentially less trouble to get into with levels and floor's running out