Key Features

Pre-primed cladding means less painting on site

Gun-nailable for faster construction

Durable and resistant to rot, termites and permanent water damage

Range of panel thicknesses for different design effects

Weatherboard cladding brings charm and timeless appeal to both heritage and modern homes. It evokes images of breezy beach shacks, quaint cottages, and farmhouses. While traditionally timber, today’s weatherboard look is achieved with modern materials like fibre cement, offering durability and resistance to warping, rotting, and termites. With smooth surfaces and crisp lines, fibre cement weatherboards are ideal for Hamptons, Cape Cod, and modern farmhouse styles. Cemintel’s weatherboard range fits contemporary, traditional, and budget-friendly homes, perfect for both new builds and renovations.

Application

  • External Cladding

  • Feature Walls

  • External Cladding

  • Weatherboards

Explore Weatherboards Cladding

Close-up of a gray horizontal siding on a building's exterior. The siding consists of several evenly spaced panels with a slight overlapping design. The surface is smooth with a matte finish, showcasing a uniform and clean appearance.

Balmoral® Weatherboards

A close-up view of a gray, horizontal siding surface with uniform lines. The texture appears smooth, and the color is consistent throughout. The material looks like it could be vinyl or painted wood.

Scarborough® Weatherboards

A close-up of a gray metal surface with horizontal panels and subtle shadows between each panel, creating a slightly layered appearance. The surface is smooth and uniform in texture.

Headland® Weatherboards

Balmoral® Weatherboards

180 x 4200 x 16 mm weatherboards. A 30mm overlap leaves 150mm exposed after installation. The effective cover is 0.63 of a square meter per piece. Tip: if you know the size of the wall you need to clad, divide it by the effective cover for a quick estimate on the quantity you need.  

Scarborough® Weatherboards

175 x 4200 x 12 mm weatherboards. A 25mm overlap leaves 150mm exposed after installation. The effective cover is 0.63 of a square meter per piece.

Headland® Weatherboards

170 x 4200 x 10mm weatherboards. A 25mm overlap leaves 145 mm exposed after installation. The effective cover is 0.61 of a square meter per piece.

Disclaimer: Product images and samples may vary from actual product regarding colour and surface finish due to the manufacturing process and raw materials used.

Technical Information

Weatherboard Information

Cemintel weatherboards are durable and fast to install. This makes them a good product for new construction on green field and urban infill sites. By tailoring the decorative details on knockdown rebuild projects, it’s not difficult to make weatherboard homes fit-in with established streetscapes.

The weatherboard aesthetic evokes the charm and craftsmanship of timber. The truth is, fibre cement weatherboards are more common than timber weatherboards. They’re resistant to the things wood suffers from, like rot, termites and permanent water damage. If they get wet, they won’t swell, warp or split meaning the paint is less likely to crack.

Not only are overlapping weatherboards a highly weather resistant type of cladding, fibre cement is tough, durable and weather resistant too. Since the paint is less likely to crack, it’s less likely to bubble or peel. That reduces the need for repainting, a major pain point of timber weatherboard home ownership.

Weatherboard Installation

Cemintel weatherboards are easy to install. Gun nail or hand nail the boards to timber stud frames or screw them to light gauge steel frames. Stud spacing can be up to 600 mm depending on wind zone requirements.

Boards can be joint off-stud using a metal soaker accessory (Order no. 89857) to reduce waste.

Fixing via a cavity wall system is also an option using vertical timber or fibre cement battens.

  • Balmoral Weatherboard are 180mm high. They are 16mm thick, casting deeper, more contemporary shadow lines.
  • Scarborough Weatherboards are 175mm high. They are 12mm thick with shallower shadow lines.
  • Headland Weatherboards are slightly narrower than the Balmoral 180mm and Scarborough weatherboards at 170mm high. They just 10 mm thick and have a decorative horizontal rebate, for more of a traditional weatherboard look.

Cemintel weatherboards are deemed suitable for use in applications where non-combustible materials are specified. As per the National Construction Code Volume One clause C2D1 Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions (6) (d).

Similarly, they’re suitable for Bushfire Attack Levels up to BAL-29 when constructed in accordance with Australian Standards AS3959. External walls in bushfire zones can be upgraded to BAL-FZ when the weatherboards are part of a fire rated plasterboard wall system.

Weatherboard Product Specifications

Product
Code
DescriptionWidth
(mm)
Length
(mm)
Thickness
(mm)
Surface
Texture
FinishGroove
Spacing (mm)
Effective Cover
Per Unit (m2)
Effective
Width (mm)
Mass
(kg/Lm)
Weight
Per Unit
Product
Warranty (Years)
BAL
454428Balmoral Weatherboard 180mm180420016SmoothPreprimedn/a0.631503.815.9625BAL-40
89474Scarborough Weatherboard175420012SmoothPreprimedn/a0.631503.414.3625BAL-40
51294Headland Weatherboard170420010SmoothPreprimedn/a0.611452.711.525BAL-29

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