Cheapest way to black vertical clad

[ColdOutside]

Hi,

 

I’ve got a 3 sided workshop butter to neighbour stone wall.

 

looking to convert to office, want to black vertical clad it but on a budget and there looks to be many many different products for this and methods.

 

any recommendations would be good.

 

roughly 2m x 6m and 2.5m height.

 

To save material I was look at 10mm shadow gaps but I guess this puts the membrane at risk of damage, so is board on board better for rain damage but uses more material? 
 

what sort of costs am I looking at here?
 

Thanks 

[ToughButterCup]

• Rain screen membrane: Intello Pro Clima (might have the brand name wrong, Intello do a rangeof membranes) - £50 if you can buy as little as 20 sq m OR
• some left-over roofing felt , £0
• Stapler, staples - not much
• wood - cheap as you like (pallet) £0, expensive as you like - high tanin content £200 + 
• screws or nails for nail gun £20 both
• One person day to fit £200

Shadowgaps increase over time (wood dries out), so its essential to use a rain-screen membrane of some sort.. the cheaper it is the quicker it will need to be replaced.

[markharro]

This is just what we are doing at the moment. Not sure we are going the cheapest route mind you but pleased with how its turning out.......

 

 

 

Top tip - you need the correct membrane at the back designed for open cladding. In the pro clima range its this one - https://www.ecologicalbuildingsystems.com/product/solitex-fronta-quattro

[ToughButterCup]

That @markharro  looks  a treat ... and you've bothered to paint the battens black. Please take a photo when its finished eh?

[markharro]

Thanks - yes black stained vertical battens; then planed the horizontal batten top to give a fall for rain to drip off; then those stained black; then Douglas Fir cladding stained, measured, cut and fitted. The mitre saw is paying for itself. Its taking a huge amount of time but the end result is now emerging.

[ToughButterCup]

Bloody hell, much more attention to detail than me.... 

[markharro]

Ive not finished the list yet......compound cuts with the mitre saw; special SS screws with black heads; oh and my partner's sub mm tolerances - well she has started to relent a little now thankfully!

[ColdOutside]

Thanks.

 

So I assume I have to double batten? Vertical and Horizontal leaving a 40mm - 50mm air flow gap from member to cladding?

 

How do you typically finish the top/edge on side without gutter? Want a clean square edge as possible.

[Alan Ambrose]

>>> special SS screws with black heads

 

Goodness I thought I was ocd...

[ColdOutside]

On 03/12/2023 at 09:12, markharro said:

Ive not finished the list yet......compound cuts with the mitre saw; special SS screws with black heads; oh and my partner's sub mm tolerances - well she has started to relent a little now thankfully!

 

Looking at black heads too, but liking the look of this too— hidden fixings; https://www.russwood.co.uk/fixings/products/fassadenclip/

 

Although looks like I have to have the special cut clad to make it work.

[markharro]

23 hours ago, Alan Ambrose said:

Goodness I thought I was ocd...

Dont blame me - it was the timber supplier's recommendation! But actually in a way it is less OCD as we have ended up not bothering too much about getting the screws level because of the camouflage