| 9.27.6. |
Lumber Siding |
| 9.27.6.1. |
Materials
- Lumber siding shall be sound, free of knot holes, loose knots, through checks or splits.
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| 9.27.6.2. |
Thickness and Width
- Drop, rustic, novelty, lapped board and vertical wood siding shall be not less than 14.3 mm thick and not more than 286 mm wide.
- Bevel siding shall be
- not less than 5 mm thick at the top, and
- not less than
- 12 mm thick at the butt for siding 184 mm or less in width, and
- 14.3 mm thick at the butt for siding wider than 184 mm.
- Bevel siding shall be not more than 286 mm wide.
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| 9.27.6.3. |
Joints
- Lumber siding shall prevent water from entering at the joints by the use of lapped or matched joints or by vertical wood battens.
- Siding shall overlap not less than 1 mm per 16 mm width of lumber, but not less than
- 9.5 mm for matched siding,
- 25 mm for lapped bevel siding, or
- 12 mm for vertical battens.
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