Weatherboarding over concrete blocks

Apr 29, 2007 4 Replies

My wooden workshop is old - old when I bought the house 30 years ago - and the weather facing face requires major surgery.



The original frame was just sitting on the concrete base and has rotted totally at the bottom. I've decided to build a row of standard concrete blocks onto the concrete and then rebuild the framing onto that with a dpm.



What I would like to do is to continue the new weatherboarding down over this row of concrete blocks - looks rather than anything else - but can't immediately see a satisfactory solution to do this. The blocks are 200 mm high and it would a row and a half of the weatherboarding.



Looking for neat suggestions please.



Many thanks



Rob



Glue them on with dabs of resin fixing perhaps?

Yes I thought of that but then the cladding wood will be in contact with the concrete blocks - it's that that I need to avoid.

Rob

skirt of DPC first?

Better job may be with the frame flush to the blocks felt or DPC the frame then put roofing lath on to the frame and over the blocks then board. Most of the board is then in the air so to speak and the felt provides far better waterproofing/draught proofing than the boards alone would

Or set the frame (if it is wide enough) say 25mm over the edge of the concrete blocks and use roofing lath on the blocks alone to bring the bottom boards out to the same level

Tony

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