Timber Clad Roof Detail

Timber roof cladding is one of the best ways to accentuate your home or building.

Timber clad roof detail.

The inner wall structure should be fitted with a breather membrane. Vertical timber cladding can come in the form of tongue and groove or board on board along with open joint options too. Timber boarding on timber frame 1 9. Drainage of external wall cavity must also be maintained see fig a 8 9.

Timber cladding for roofs primarily comes as either shingles or slates each with their own individual aesthetic. Assuming that the cladding will always be subject to some penetration of moisture a separate protective membrane will be necessary behind the cladding largely protected from wind rain and daylight by the cladding itself. Detailing of breather membrane and roof covering junction is as typical but care must be taken not to restrict ventilation to timber and or external wall cavity. Detail design timber cladding basic principles in principle any timber cladding should be designed as a rainscreen.

As such it should be highly durable and tear resistant in accordance with type 1 membranes in bs4016. Design of timber cladding details. Render on timber frame. In one form a timber clad roof consists of a fully watertight membrane applied to a plywood clad roof with timber battens installed over insulation and castellated timber batten.

Shingles are thin pieces of wood sawn on either side creating a smooth flat surface that is rather uniform in effect. This timber frame home designed and built by facit homes is clad in timber rain screen coated in a dark stain green oak cladding for instance is likely to move a lot so the battens might need to be positioned closer together to minimise this. Tile hanging off timber frame 1 8. Separating wall junctions 1 4.

Horizontal timber cladding is probably the most common and perhaps simpler option. Some typical detail for a timber cladding roof can be found here with a timber board fixed to batten over a membrane clad plywood roof. Roof panels 3 8 1 roof panel connections 3 9. This serves to seal the building against damp and weather penetration.

Non loadbearing wall junctions 1 5.