DIY Garden Shed Greenhouse Part 7 Attaching Board & Batten Siding

[@jorgecordero1839]

Awesome skills, Thank you.

[@BasaPete]

Thank you for your kind comment.

[@loreleiwhitcombe6371]

Great work. To build that all with a hammer what a effort.

[@BasaPete]

Thank you for your nice comment.

[@thomasmcelhinney3696]

GREETINGS FROM THE EMERALD ISLE Great series inspired me to build my own large shed using board and batten. Really enjoyed the videos.

[@BasaPete]

Thank you for your kind comment.

[@mrcupcakeman32]

beautiful work!

[@BasaPete]

Thank you.

[@PaulPaid]

Pete. I was watching the series to see how you put up the center beam for the rafters. Nice work so far. Did I miss something?...or did beam just "appear'' in this part at 6:33? 😁

[@BasaPete]

Thank you for your comment. Watch this video to see how I installed the ridge board: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnO6kIqHhbhjnKM

[@kilcool01]

Good job. Are you it worried when the timber dries out that gaps will appear between the boards?

[@BasaPete]

Thank you for your question. Hemlock is bad for cracking and I knew that when I put it up. So far, the side facing away from the sun has no cracks. The side facing the sun has several small cracks, which I filled with transparent rubberized caulking. It's a quick and easy fix.

[@professordogwood8985]

Basa Pete, thank you for showing Board & Batten siding with vertical framing. I have my own project in mind and I would like to use some cedar that fell on my property as the b&b siding. Could you explain how you managed to nail the boards into the studs? Did you measure everything precisely so the boards would always line up with the vertical studs? Did you have any horizontal crosspieces in mind when nailing? Thank you.

[@BasaPete]

Thank you for your comment. That cedar should look nice. You don't need to have your boards butt up on the studs. Just make sure you have crosspieces (aka fire blocks) positioned at least 3' - 4' apart between the studs. I positioned mine at 4'.

[@professordogwood8985]

@@BasaPete Nice. How wide were your boards?

[@BasaPete]

@@professordogwood8985 8 inches.

[@mattcampbell4135]

I was of the understanding that batten was nailed into gap between boards, not into the boards. This allows the boards to shrink as they dry and prevents/minimizes cracking of boards. Any thoughts?

[@BasaPete]

Thank you for your comment. I've never nailed into the gap. However, it is possible to attach the batten in that manner providing you install the number of lateral pieces of framing needed to nail to. As for cracking, I experience very little cracking. And if I have a crack develope I usually fill it with clear caulking.

[@HellcatM6]

Can we start a go fund me for this guy to get him a pneumatic framing nailer ?

[@BasaPete]

Thank you, but I prefer my hammer for framing. I have two pneumatic nailers: one for finishing work and one for roofing.

[@dangatto8666]

I also heard that you nail one side of the batten, come back next year to nail the other to prevent drying and cracking.

[@BasaPete]

Thank you for your comment. I've never heard about waiting a year to nail the other side.

[@JerryXM991]

Typically for board and batten siding you would do post and beam framing. Why did you do traditional wall framing? The framing you have is typically for plywood siding. Thank you.

[@BasaPete]

Thank you for your comment. I like traditional framing. I never use plywood or chipboard for boarding in.

[@jhoodied4861]

I was told you're suppose to nail only one side of the boards so they don't crack when the shrink from drying. Am I missing something?

[@BasaPete]

Thank you for your comment. I’ve never nailed only one side of clapboard. Try it and please tell me how it works out. The few boards that I have had cracked I usually fill with transparent caulking.

[@w0lf1969]

You're supposed to leave a gap between the boards for expansion and the batten covers the gap. Nailing the boards in the center and the batten keeps the edge of the boards from curling

[@jerryf609]

Did you predrill for every nail?

[@BasaPete]

No, I only predrilled the ends of the boards.

[@expeditionalone5529]

Hello. Would you write to me dimensions of the boards , " board and batten siding" in mm ? And how deep you dug of pit , under the concrete of slab ?

[@BasaPete]

Thank you for your questions. Boards are 1" (25mm) x 8" (203mm). Battens are 1" (25mm) x 3" (76mm). Concrete footings are roughly 4"-5" (100mm-127mm) in the ground.

[@expeditionalone5529]

@@BasaPete Thank you for detailed information.