Timber Clad Roof Detail

Figure a 8 9typical closed deck timber frame balcony detail at a penthouse level.

Timber clad roof detail. Non loadbearing wall junctions 1 5. Design of timber cladding details. Timber roof cladding is one of the best ways to accentuate your home or building. Detail design timber cladding basic principles in principle any timber cladding should be designed as a rainscreen.

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. The inner wall structure should be fitted with a breather membrane. 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. The boards are nailed to vertical battens on the substrate this could be masonry timber frame etc.

Shingles are thin pieces of wood sawn on either side creating a smooth flat surface that is rather uniform in effect. 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. Render on timber frame. Drainage of external wall cavity must also be maintained see fig a 8 9.

As such it should be highly durable and tear resistant in accordance with type 1 membranes in bs4016. Horizontal timber cladding is probably the most common and perhaps simpler option. Details on plan 1. 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.

Timber boarding on timber frame 1 9. Tile hanging off timber frame 1 8. Roof panels 3 8 1 roof panel connections 3 9. This serves to seal the building against damp and weather penetration.

Timber cladding for roofs primarily comes as either shingles or slates each with their own individual aesthetic.