Timber cladding

[2019user44]

Hi

Has anyone done anything like this timber cladding and do you know, what wood this might be and possibly the cost per m2?

That looks like feather edge cladding where the boards overlap rather than a tongue and groove which looks flatter.

Cost will depend on what weeks you use. I bought some top grade siberian larch last year which was clear of knots and it was around £36 per m2 inc vat for the timber. Cedar would have been £50ish m2. Accoya would be even more.

If you don't mind knotty looking wood which looks more rustic then British fir will be cheaper. Maybe £20 or so. The prices will go up and down.

You'll have fitting costs and any treatments or protection behind the cladding on top.

Wood not weeks - stupid predictive text

Depending on how much and where you’re going to clad, bear in mind it may require the existing window cills to be extended.

Cladding of the exterior may also require Planning.

Thank you all, that’s really helpful. Nomdeguerrrr does the Siberian larch look like the picture I posted, I really like the natural look of that?

I've been researching this a bit recently as we want our rather ugly, block built extension clad in a very similar style. I prefer the feather edge over the more modern tongue in groove style. Thanks for the costings nomdeguerrrr

I'm not sure if this is part of your question but it takes quite a while for any wood to weather to a gorgeous, natural silver grey colour.

I found this link really useful to show the colour progression of timber cladding over time:
www.russwood.co.uk/cladding/weathering/?epik=dj0yJnU9T0Z2Smh3cXNnSTMtX2t1MUhXbmw3MHBpeHBxOGhhdUkmcD0wJm49cjZLdTIzNmVRSTRqeU4teHBUcUcwUSZ0PUFBQUFBR0FWR2hN

It doesn't show the feather edge style wood but it's my understanding that that would also start out looking similarly 'raw' then weather down to the grey.

Yep, as above any untreated timber will change colour and weather over time. I'm not an expert in timber so am not sure what that is in the picture - but whatever it is it would look different a year or two later unless it was treated. You don't have to treat larch or cedar etc but they will eventually turn grey (which I like).

If you treat you might have to reapply every 5 years or so ☹️

You can get plasticky fake wood. You can get ones from around 50m2 which look quite realistic and won't fade. Not as nice imho