Vertical wood cladding on a concave garden wall

[Ste Doyle]

I have brick garden wall (7ft high) which has a gentle curve to it (concave) and I’d like to clad a section of it (3m long) using scaffold boards (6ft ones).

Original plan for was for the cladding to be horizontal but that was before I realised the wall curved at that point. Holding a batten across the wall it comes an inch or two away from the wall at the apex of the curve. So I’m thinking now I will vertically panel it instead, as the panels can follow the curve fairly well as it’s not too severe a curve. Question though is how to fit battens for that arrangement? Is it as simple as fixing a single vertical batten for each plank/panel?

thanks

 

[foxhole]

Roofing battens horizontally, well fixed it will curve enough around your wall.Or pack out the concave area to give you a flat finsih.

 

[^woody^]

Original plan for was for the cladding to be horizontal but that was before I realised the wall curved at that point.

Kerf the back of the boards and they will bend around the curve

 

[foxhole]

Kerf the back of the boards and they will bend around the curve

Kerf scaffold boards lengthways and they are highly likely to split. Think he wants a straight wall of boards .Hasn’t really explained why he wants to follow the curve.

 

[^woody^]

Kerf scaffold boards lengthways and they are highly likely to split. Think he wants a straight wall of boards .Hasn’t really explained why he wants to follow the curve.

He wanted horizontal, that's why I quoted it, doo could kerf the boards

 

[foxhole]

He wanted horizontal, that's why I quoted it, doo could kerf the boards

Horizontal would not require kerf as the boards would span the curve and could be packed out behind .He is asking for a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

 

[^woody^]

He's throwing a curve ball

Does the OP want curved cladding to clad a curved wall with straight cladding or straight cladding to clad a curved wall with curved cladding?