Batten Strip Siding

Board and batten siding is made up of two different pieces.

Batten strip siding.

With a helper expect to spend a day installing 800 square feet of siding. The gaps or joins between the planks are covered by a thin strip known as a batten which is how the style gets its name. Some manufacturers create a vented furring strip intended to be installed horizontally allowing for easy use with vertical siding. Furring strips work well with horizontally installed siding and therefore not well with board and batten siding.

A wide plank with a batten or a smaller strip of siding overlaying the seam between the larger boards. Barns and houses with board and batten siding were inspired by nordic european buildings and gained popularity in america sometime around the middle of the 19th century. Batten trim or batten molding is a thin strip of trim typically with a rectangular cross section similar to lath used in lattice used to cover seams between panels of exterior siding or interior paneling. Wide planks are installed first running vertically up the sides of the home.

Traditionally board and batten siding starts with wide vertical planks boards which are then joined together by thin vertical strips battens to cover the seams. Board and batten can be installed onto solid plywood or osb sheathing. And unlike horizontal lap siding which has each board overlapping the next slight board and batten consists of two sizes of board.