Duffield Timber supplied uncoated Thermo-Ayous cladding in our square-edged open profile (DTC49) for this self-build new home in Selby, North Yorkshire. Fitted vertically across the house and its side extension, the clear-grade boards will weather to silver-grey.
This self-build new home in Selby, North Yorkshire, is clad in Thermo-Ayous from Duffield Timber. The boards run vertically across the main house and its side extension, above a brick base.
The boards were machined to our square-edged open cladding profile (DTC49): planed square-edged (PSE) boards fixed with a 10mm open gap between each one. Each gap casts a shadow line that defines its board, giving the façade a clean vertical rhythm that suits the home’s angular roof pitches and dark-framed glazing.
Thermo-Ayous is ayous (Triplochiton scleroxylon), a West and Central African hardwood, thermally modified with heat in a controlled atmosphere and no chemicals. The modification raises it to Durability Class 1 and improves its dimensional stability.
Open cladding leaves every board edge on show, so the timber’s appearance matters more than with overlapping profiles. Thermo-Ayous is a clear-grade, virtually knot-free board, so nothing interrupts those edges, and its stability helps the 10mm gaps stay even along each run.
The cladding was supplied uncoated. It will weather gradually from its original brown towards an even silver-grey, settling the house into its surroundings. Read more about how timber cladding weathers.
For the same profile in a different species, see our Thermo-Nordic Pine open cladding, shown after 12 months of weathering. For Thermo-Ayous in a horizontal shadow gap profile, see Glebe House in Hampshire.
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