The original house is very old and has had several
extensions over the years. The task was to apply oak
cladding to a recent extension.
The style of cladding had to reflect the original timbers
(that can be seen elsewhere in the house but not
here)..
In the photos below 1 & 2: can be seen the wall that was to be
clad (albeit with a couple of oak boards roughly
positioned) .
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General description
The oak boards had been air dried and so were of
the same moisture content as the air. Having spent several
years outside they had attracted a degree of
discolouration and so, do not look as though they have come
directly from the sawmill. In principle there
should not be much shrinkage of the wood but because the wood will
undoubtedly move, I made "false" joints to accommodate
such movement as there may be.
In the l/h photo below 3. you can see a hint of a housing on
the vertical piece of timber. As it shrinks it will
not expose the rendered wall between it and the horizontal
beam.
In the r/h picture below 4. you can see how the timber has been
cut to fit around this security light (and as applicable the
others on the building).
Like the boards, the oak plugs have been distressed
to suggest the passage of time.
In time the oak timbers will "silver down" and
blend in rather better than they do now.
Photos above 5 & 6 left and right: the first phase.
Photos below7 & 8 left and right: second phase before cladding.
Photo 9 below left second phase after cladding.
Photo 10 below bottom right the work completed.
Compare with Photo 2
top right.
