GBS H64 Timber Shingles Shakes Outline

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GBS H64 Timber Shingles Shakes Outline
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• Shingles and shakes
  • General issues
• Tapered pieces of wood
• Shingles
  • Sawn on both faces
• Shakes
  • Split from solid wood
• Appearance as single lap tiling or slates
• Durability
  • Some of the oldest timber buildings are clad with shakes or shingles
• In USA often coated but unnecessary
• Level to bleach in sunlight
• May darken to varying shades of brown
• Application
• Roofs
• Walls
• Adaptable
• Curves on plan
• Tight radius can use boiled shingles
• Corners:
• Internal or external corner boards
• Mitred and lacing
• Curves in section
• Shorter length shingles and shakes
• Narrower batten spacing
• 3 Dimensional surfaces
• Cladding
• Roofs
• Low pitches can reduce life expectancy of shingles
• Commonly preservative treated imports from USA
• Rainscreen Ventilation and drainage
• Essential to maintain ventilation zone under both types
• Counter-battens
• preferred if not boarded surface behind/below
• (English practice)
• essential if boarded surface behind/below
• (Scottish practice)
• Waterproof membrane behind and below essential
• Sizes: Shingles: Lengths
• 405 mm.
• 455 mm.
• 610 mm.
• Vertical cladding 40% shown
• Three layers maximum at overlap
• Sizes: Shingles: width varies
• Fixing: span across 3 battens
• Stainless steel annular ring shank nails
• Battens and counter-battens
• Same species as the shingles or shakes
• Species of same durability class as shingle shakes
• Species of durability class 1 2 or 3
• Preservative treated softwood
• Shingles
• Species applicable
• Softwood
• Homegrown UK
• Western red cedar
• Europe
• European larch
• Imported USA
• Western red cedar
• Imported shingles are preservative treated
• Californian redwood (west USA)
• Hardwood
• Home grown UK
• Oak
• Sweet chestnut
• Europe
• European Oak
• Shakes
• Species applicable
• Softwood
• Homegrown UK
• Western red cedar
• Europe
• European larch
• Imported USA
• Western red cedar
• Californian redwood (west USA)
• Hardwood
• Home grown UK
• Oak
• Sweet chestnut
• Europe
• European Oak

© GBE GBC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan **
26th February 2016 – 7th November 2020

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26th February 2016 – 7th November 2020

See Also:

GBE Outline

GBE CPD

GBE Shop

GBS Robust Specification

GBE Projects: Information

GBE Datasets

GBE Shop

• Timber Species Schedule (Shop) G#10656

GBE 6 Core pages

© GBE GBC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan **
19th April 2016 – 7th November 2020

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