Question - Cedar Shingles on Sterling Board

[chasechicken]

Hi all,

With all of the disasters I've already had, I'm surprised it's only now I've thought of joining this forum!

I'm in the process of building a porch, just a small timber one. The initial plan was to use a tiled felt for the roof, so I just stuck up sterling board to lay that onto.

We've now decided to go with cedar shingles. Without thinking I nailed them straight into the sterling board, rather than putting up batons.

I wonder if there are any implications of having done this? Will the nails hold?

Any thoughts much appreciated!!

 

[Alastairreid]

Scottish method is to slate directly onto sarkin boards with no battens! as long as your sterling board is thick enough you will be fine.

 

[PeakOakFrames]

Sterling board is not know for it's ability to take nails. Just batten it out.

 

[datarebal]

which nails have you used?

 

[chasechicken]

The sterling board is about 12-15mm thick, I've used stainless steel annular ring nails, so hopefully there's a bit of grip on there.......?