Talk:Weatherboarding

Weatherboarding used to be tarred or painted black, sometimes white, but even in modern weatherboarding black seems to be preferred.

Really? I don't think I've ever seen a black weatherboard building. I don't think it's common at least in New Zealand and Australia.


 * In the UK very many ancient windmills have black weatherboarding. Even newish houses houses in the Croydon suburb of Forestdale have black weatherboarding. Dieter Simon 23:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Not rare to see in the UK, though predominantly a south and eastern England building style. Quite a few older houses (200 years or more) have lost their weatherboarding to tile hanging (clay tiles) as weatherboarding does require periodic maintenance.I am just about to replace the weatherboarding on our 16th Century cottage as most of it is now in a serious condition of decay. (LCS 29th July 2007)
 * This whole article is very UK-centric, and I agree with the proposal to merge with clapboard. This leaves one thinking no buildings were ever covered with wood in North America. Huw Powell (talk) 05:58, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Weatherboard
A weatherboard is the thing that is often attached to the bottom front of an exterior door to stop rain going underneath the door. "Weatherboard" redirects to "Weatherboarding" so there ought to be mention of this other meaning of the word. 92.28.240.186 (talk) 20:39, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Or better yet, write it at weatherboard and have a see also to here? Huw Powell (talk) 05:59, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Huw, surely the parts of the article pertaining to the British Isles should remain as such and that includes the spelling of the original paragraphs which were created with a view to the UK heritage rather than North American usage. Why alter everything to U.S. spelling just for the sake of it? Dieter Simon (talk) 00:56, 11 March 2011 (UTC)