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H21 Timber weatherboarding

110 VERTICAL TIMBER WEATHERBOARDINGgenerally

• Substrate: plywood sheathing on softwood framing.

• Breather membrane: As clause 130.

• Counterbattens:

- Size: site specific.

- Centres: Aligned with studs or 600mm ctrs which ever is less.

- Fixing: site specific.

• Battens:

- Size: site specific.

- Centres: 600 mm.

- Fixing to each counterbatten: site specific.

• Boarding:

- Quality of timber (exposed surfaces): To BS 1186-3, Class: 2.

- Species: site specific.

- Profile: site specific.

- Finished face dimension (overall width): site specific.

- Finished thickness: site specific.

- Moisture content at time of fixing: 13-19 %.

- Treatment: Preservative impregnation.

Standard: To NBS section Z12 and Wood Protection Association Commodity

Specification C6.

Type: Organic solvent type FN.

- Method of fixing to each support: site specific.

• Other requirements: site specific.

130 BREATHER MEMBRANE
• Material: Flame retardant reinforced polyethylene.
• Manufacturer: Contractor's choice.
- Product reference: Contractor's choice.
• Installation: Fix carefully and neatly to provide a complete barrier to water, snow
and wind blown dust. Extend membrane below lowest timber member and into
reveals of openings.
- Laps: Horizontal: 100 mm. Vertical: 150 mm and staggered, to shed water away
from substrate.
- Fasteners: Galvanized, sherardized or stainless steel large head nails or stainless
steel staples.

135 BATTENS/ COUNTERBATTENS
• Timber: Regularized softwood free from decay, insect attack (except ambrosia
beetle damage) and with no knots wider than half the section width.
• Preservative treatment: organic solvent.
- Standard: To NBS section Z12 and Wood Protection Association Commodity
Specification C8.
- Type: Organic solvent.
• Moisture content: Not exceeding 20% at time of fixing.

RotF generic (intermediate) NBS 2014 6118-AEW-XX-XX-NBS-A-01