Talk:Weatherboarding

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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)