Open Joint Wood Siding

This trend will only continue to grow as decking manufacturers market their products as a durable long lasting siding option.

Open joint wood siding.

Offered in a unique false open joint profile weo cladding is resolutely modern and attractive. The concept of rain screen siding has been around since as early as the 12th century a d. Those specifications call for a double layer of the material in areas near open joints in the siding. We need materials that protect from the elements while also providing a modern aesthetic.

These composite panels also perfectly imitate the open joint appearance of wood cladding. Specified for open joint applications. Instead they re deliberately spaced a fraction of an inch apart which lets air circulate even more freely. Natural forces impact how we design modern sheds and select the materials we use.

They can be ripped to a narrower dimension but i prefer not to do that because the exposed rips may not be thoroughly treated with preservative and treating the rips with a brush takes a lot of time. But technology has advanced a lot further since then. On the project shown here we used a variant of rainscreen siding that i have installed several times in the past few years. Called open joint rainscreen it s made up of siding courses that aren t overlapped or butted together in any way.

An open joint wood rain screen is a construction method that uses wood siding as the outer rain screen layer creates a wall cavity space between the back of the siding and the outer building envelope and has an open joint in the wood siding to allow for ventilation. Wood battens usually made from pressure treated 1x4s are a popular choice around here for open joint siding applications. James hardie open joint siding is then added over the wraps and fastened with stainless fasteners completing the open joint process. Boards with distinct embossed designs break the uniform and regular rhythm of façades.

Where narrow siding is used such as the 4 inch cedar we used on figure 1. From rustic reclaimed wood details to dramatic composite planks or panels homeowners are gravitating to the open joint siding trend. However form should follow function but how. The pronounced trapezoidal wave shape ensures good rain water run off.

The open joint method can be used with either board or panel siding.