Timber Cladding

External timber cladding is the perfect natural choice for finishing the outside of a garden room, office, studio or lodge. Timber cladding offers the most attractive finish to the exterior and provides the main protective layer against the elements. The timber cladding combined with the internal air cavities acts as an superb insulator. All timber cladding is supplied in superior tongue and groove (T&G) format to ensure complete water tightness. Many different species of wood are suitable for exterior cladding.

Garden Rooms, Garden Offices & Garden Lodges

All Oeco garden room, garden office and garden lodge prices include the Scandinavian Redwood timber tongue and groove cladding as standard.

Scandinavian Redwood has traditionally been the most popular cladding option to use on outdoor timber garden structures. With its natural beauty Scandinavian Redwood is resistant to weathering, cupping, and insect damage. It has excellent strength and does not warp or shrink. Scandinavian Redwood has a beautiful straight grain and contains minimal resins.

Scandinavian Redwood

The Scandinavian Redwood tongue and groove cladding is vacuum treated with Tanelith E wood preservative to ensure maximum weather and rot protection. In addition the Redwood cladding is pre treated with a `golden brown` wood colour treatment preservative and water repellent stain. This treatment enhances and protects the rich beauty of the Scandinavian Redwood.

Colour: Golden Brown (after colour treatment)
Typical life expectancy: 30 Years

Garden Studios

All Oeco garden studios include the Western Red Cedar tongue and groove cladding as standard.

Over the past few decades Western Red Cedar has been on of the most desired external timber claddings due to its rich and variable colours, high resistance to decay, durability and natural preservatives. Western Red Cedar has always been one of natures more versatile, adaptable and attractive species of timber for external timber cladding and roof shingles. The rich warm brown, red and pink colours and texture of Western Red Cedar gives any building a touch of individuality that will blend into any environment. Western Red Cedar can be relied upon to give long and trouble free service under all conditions. Western Red Cedar is increasingly being specified for a more modern, contemporary appearance

Western Red Cedar

Western Red Cedar timber contains its own natural preservatives that are harmful to decay-causing fungi. As Western Red Cedar has a natural resistance to rot and decay it requires no additional chemical presevatives.

Colour: Varies: Pink - Dark Red - Dark Brown
Typical life expectancy: 50+ Years

Alternative Timber Cladding Options

Alternative timber cladding options are available including Siberan Larch, English Oak & Thermowood.

If you have any specific questions, queries or requirements regarding timber cladding, please do not hesitate to Contact Us