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phil lowe

09-07-2006 17:51:27




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OK folks ,Lets first say ,,I am not a carpenter ,and would love to pay one to do my garage,cause I'd rather be out paddling or running my tractor over some rocks. But!!!the dollars are only gonna go so far so I gotta do some myself .
Everyone on my end is giving me lots a advise and telling me how everything is spozed to be done,but they ain't showing up to put their money where their mouth is
Well I picked up my boards today at the old mill where I'm getting everything and they had some labour issues and were unable to plane one side of the boards ,,the mill is 50 miles form my house ,but I like the old guy and he's be very good to deal with.So I got a load of 1" by 8" boards and 3" batten.So since the 1" is rough guys say spreadd out the boards little bit more so the batten will lay better..others say cut the bottem of the boards on a 45 so the water will run off,sharp enge facing out ??? Anyway any and all advice will be appreciated ,,sept telling me to put vinyl siding up ,,,

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Mike Veen

09-08-2006 12:54:01




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 Re: board n Batten Garage in reply to phil lowe, 09-07-2006 17:51:27  
Run flashing on the bottom for a drip edge then water won't run back under the bottom.Seal the flashing with that red tuck tape up against the tar paper then water won't run in behind that as well.



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mjbrown

09-08-2006 10:33:55




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 Re: board n Batten Garage in reply to phil lowe, 09-07-2006 17:51:27  
Sounds like your lumber is still green. If so once it is nailed to the barn you'll experience "signifigant shrinkage" (of your boards). If you nail them at the edges they may spit.. Nail them with one nail in the center until they are good and dry then nail the edges and put on your batten. If you put them up almost touching you will end up with a pretty good gap between them when dry.
Another tip, keep checking to see that they are plumb. They have a tendecy to become further and further out of plumb as you go down the side of your barn and you won't notice until you get back away from it.

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Leroy

09-08-2006 05:31:13




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 Re: board n Batten Garage in reply to phil lowe, 09-07-2006 17:51:27  
My question is how tight do you want the building, mouse proof? between every board under the batten will be a hole the size for a mouse to get thru. Know of no way to make it mouse tight.



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Richard G.

09-08-2006 05:12:11




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 Re: board n Batten Garage in reply to phil lowe, 09-07-2006 17:51:27  
Built two shops this way using poplar and pine. Let battens overlap one inch on each side and you should be fine. First one I did in 1987 and used nails on battens. It still looks good. Second one about 7 years ago and used an air stapler on battens. Much easier. Never did the 45 trick but have had no problems.
Richard



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`Bernie in MA

09-07-2006 18:51:15




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 Re: board n Batten Garage in reply to phil lowe, 09-07-2006 17:51:27  
I'd skip the battens and just nail the boards on 6" apart, then put the topboards on with a inch overlap on each side. That's what I did 20 years ago and my shop still looks good. Only thing different I'd do is use screws (and plenty of 'em) on the cover boards so they can't open up. I also 45ed the bottoms and no trouble with water coming in.



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