Board And Batten Siding With Red Brick

Board and batten siding with luxurious dark brick.
Board and batten siding with red brick. For my board and batten project i used a skirt board a k a. Hardiplank is a fiber cement siding made for exterior use to cover a structure in a long lasting sheathing. Dark trim and white body color schemes for additional contrast. Band board water table at the base of my siding.
Combining brick with fiber cement siding gives you a much wider range of color palettes than just using brick alone. Classic white color scheme with dark shutters and a dramatic door color queen. Board and batten vinyl siding took over for a while but vinyl material is still susceptible to extreme temperatures and warping and isn t always easy to paint. Alternatively you could opt for a board and batten look above the brick with shingle siding in the gables.
Dormers stacked over large front covered entry with striking red front entry door. I used the same 1 x 10 cedar material for this skirt as the boards for the siding prior to installing the skirt board i beveled the bottom edge of the board using a 45 degree router bit to help direct water away from the wall. Though generally used over wooden house sheathing you can mount your hardiplank siding over brick with only few preparatory steps. Cement stone and brick are durable and resilient but they are heavy difficult to install unnatural looking and certainly not easily interchangeable.
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