Stone to top of windows or bottom?

[JCL]

Hi our plans state stone to the window cills then timber clad above.. its a class q. We wondered if we should bring the stone higher so to enhance the weatherproofing around the windows opposed to timber.. then bring timber over the stone face at the gables. Do we think this is necessary? How much timber cladding is too much?

[Mr Punter]

It may look good with stone up to the top of the windows and painted rendered blockwork above.  It will look less sheddy.

[JamesP]

I would be inclined to run the cladding  above the cill height as the horizontal line would be very dominant.

 

 

[JCL]

22 hours ago, Mr Punter said:

It may look good with stone up to the top of the windows and painted rendered blockwork above.  It will look less sheddy.

Thanks mr p- we have to have timber cladding for the self build mortgage & planning… 

[JCL]

22 hours ago, JamesP said:

I would be inclined to run the cladding  above the cill height as the horizontal line would be very dominant.

 

 

Thank you James p. Many people have said this. And incorporating a slate cill would look very nice. Vertical cladding we are having.. but i wonder if we packed the cladding so it then came over the stone work… ?

[JamesP]

2 hours ago, JCL said:

Vertical cladding we are having.. but i wonder if we packed the cladding so it then came over the stone work… ?

From a practical point of view running the cladding proud would help keep water off the top of the stone work and clean edge.

Do a quick search, mostly forward of stone work. Lots of great examples.

[JCL]

@JamesP

 

perfect thats just like ours will be. How did you pack off the cladding to bring it over the stone work? Ours is timber frame and i need to pack it out 200mm …. 

[JamesP]

5 minutes ago, JCL said:

@JamesP

 

perfect thats just like ours will be. How did you pack off the cladding to bring it over the stone work? Ours is timber frame and i need to pack it out 200mm …. 

That is an image from google. I battened then counter battened before fixing cedar. Only 50mm gap here. I assume you will use larger timbers. I think it most cases the timber frame would have been designed to accommodate the overhang.

Can the gable end fascia / soffit fit the extra 200mm?

[JCL]

@JamesP

hi James

 

yes i presume we will have to just use bigger timbers and use bigger skrews i

guess… or counter batten it 4 times… still working that one out. I am confident skrewing a 3x2 using coach skrews but i feel 4x2 or bigger is allot to skrew through