recladding outhouse

[ericbrad]

I am thinking of recladding our outhouse as the timber has shrunk so much that rain blows in through the gaps. It`s clad with verticle tongue and groove boards aprox 110mm wide by 15mm thick. Each board has chamfered edges, so the effect is a V between board joints.
The house (and the outhouse) was built over 40 years ago so the timber must have shrunk a lot over the years. The tongues have come right out of the grooves in places, leaving gaps for the rain to blow in.
I don`t know where I could get similar cladding to this, any ideas?

I was thinking of recladding it in PVCu boards to avoid any shrinkage or rot, but after reading opinions about PVCu on this forum, I might be better sticking with timber.

The outhouse is 8ft x 5ft x 7ft 6in high with a flat roof.

 

[gregers]

tgv boarding can be purchased at any good timber merchants,
or maybe think about shiplap timber cladding.

 

[merlin50]

building a shed with vertical boards is a bad idea, to be weatherproof they must be horizontal

 

[ericbrad]

I know building a shed with vertical boards is a bad idea, but I am replacing existing vertical boards.

 

[mcluma]

are the boards still in a reasonable condition, so you can re-use them

take them off, clean them and then put them back on. it will safe you a lot of money

 

[ericbrad]

At 44 years old, I`m afraid the boards are beyond being re used.