Duffield Timber supplied uncoated Thermo-Ayous cladding in our horizontal shadow gap profile (DTC19), 18 x 144mm with a 128mm cover, for Glebe House, a contemporary new-build in Hampshire designed and built by UK Signature Homes.
Glebe House is a contemporary new-build home with a double-bay garage in the Hampshire countryside, designed and built by UK Signature Homes, which builds new homes across Hampshire, Dorset and West Sussex.
Duffield Timber supplied the Thermo-Ayous cladding for the exterior of both the house and its double-bay garage, fitted horizontally so the two buildings share one continuous finish.
The boards were machined to our horizontal shadow gap secret nail profile (DTC19) at 18 x 144mm with a 128mm cover. Each joint leaves a 10mm recessed shadow line, and the boards are secret-nailed through the joint, so no fixings show on the face. Across each elevation, the result is a series of crisp horizontal shadow lines that follow the clean lines of the house.
Thermo-Ayous is ayous (Triplochiton scleroxylon), a West and Central African hardwood, thermally modified with heat in a controlled atmosphere and no chemical preservatives. It is a clear-grade, virtually knot-free board, and the modification raises it to Durability Class 1 and improves its dimensional stability.
That stability matters on a shadow gap façade, where boards that move less help keep the 10mm gaps even along every run. At around 400kg/m³, Thermo-Ayous is also light for a hardwood, which makes long boards easier to handle on site.
The cladding was supplied uncoated, so there is no coating to maintain. It will weather from its original brown towards an even silver-grey, and our DTC19 product page shows the change at 3, 6 and 12 months. Read more about how timber cladding weathers.
Our team supported UK Signature Homes from product selection and profile detailing through to installation.
For Thermo-Ayous used indoors, see our contemporary home with Thermo-Ayous ceilings, or for vertical shadow gap cladding in Thermo-Ayous, our barn conversion in North Yorkshire.
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