Help! This goes from bad to worse!!!! Warpe Weatherboards.

great to hear Cobber, good onya

I hope they were painted both sides before they went on.

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Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Just a reminder if you don't know, make sure that each board is fixed with just one nail.

The nail is positioned in the "fat end"(bottom) just above the "skinny end"(top) of the previous board. That way each board clamps the preceding board and allows it to shrink and move as it will.

If the fixing has a nail top and bottom, as the boards shrink the nails hold he top and bottom in position, and a big crack develops in the middle! :eek: :eek:

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Amen to that. I have a 50 year old weatherboard house (shiplapped actually) and I have just replaced quite a few boards. The 3 causes of faults were: 1. splits due to multiple nails (sometimes there were half a dozen nails at ends of boards), 2. board not painted before painting so the overlapped part at the top of the board wasn't protected and rotted, and 3) miscellaneous water leaks (e.g. due to mitred external corners which I replaced with stop beads).

Oh yes 4. I left it too long to repaint.

I found some good info on the web about where to nail and how big nails to use. Unfortunately the links I saved don't seem to be valid anymore so readers will have to google.