Board and Batten Cedar Shed Siding

I originally built my little greenhouse shed with T-111 siding. It was the fast and cheap way to go. A bunch of years down the road and it's time to freshen things up. I want to cover the shed's T-111 siding with board and batten cedar and replace the shingle roof with real cedar shakes.

I'm convinced that cedar's the way to go.

Now I know nothing about installing B&B siding. Like the old Buddy Holly song, I'm lost in a fool's paradise. (The closest I got was a cedar tongue and groove project back in the 80's.) After a bit of searching, I found a very cool board and batten installation presentation in Flash format at cedar-training.org.

To view the presentation, click on the "Installation of Cedar" link. It's a pretty big file, so if you're on a slow modem connection, it might take a while to download. Once the movie opens and starts playing, take a look at the menu at the left side.

Scroll down the menu and you'll find a whole bunch of excellent info,on the following topics: Installing Board & Batten Sidings, Placement of Fastners, Board and Batten Siding, Installing Battens, Corner Details-Corner Boards, Board and Batten Mistakes.

You'll find a list of lumberyards that sell honest-to-goodness Western Red Cedar siding here.