CEDAR SIDING BOARD and BATTEN Cedar-Siding Board and Batten is a nice look...use a natural stain to keep it fresh     When doing BOARD-BATTEN start by reading moisture barrier for cedar-siding BOARD-BATTEN are applied to the rain screen strips.. so these strips must be centred on the width of the boards with a 7 mm gap... nail every 600 (TWENTYFOUR inches) along both edges of board then cover with batten and centre nail batten about every 400 note board goes up over top plate ...then the trim is placed across top... this trim carries the closed soffit ..the board is tucked tight against window and door jambs then trimmed over top . BOARD-BATTEN must be nailed through securely to the sheathing go with at least 1/2" plywood, maybe 5/8" sheathing plywood... I myself go with a 2x2 back framing nailed horizontally at 600 (24") centres.. I use a double dipped galvi nail so there is no black stain around nail due to weather 
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