Oak Cladding

Oak Cladding for Sale in Ireland

Oak has clad buildings in Ireland for centuries, and no timber you can specify today has a longer proven life on an exterior wall. We stock oak cladding boards in two profiles, stocked in our warehouse and delivered across Ireland.

Why Choose Oak Cladding

• Durability Class 2: naturally resistant to rot, insect attack and fungal decay, with no chemical treatment.
• Hard wearing: at around 720 kg/m³, a heavy board that stands up to knocks.
• Open grain and honey brown colour: a depth of texture softer species can’t match.

Oak Cladding Profiles and Sizes

Choose the profile for the look, then the length for the wall on the product page: longer boards mean fewer joints on long runs, shorter boards are easier to lift, and whatever length you choose, plan the joints to land on a batten. Enter your wall area in the calculator on the product page and it works out how many boards you need; the cart adds the fixings and extras.

Oak T&G Cladding

The T&G boards are 130×18 mm and lock together into a tight, flush face. You can fix them vertically, horizontally or on the diagonal, which makes this the more versatile of the two profiles.

Oak Reversible Half Lap Cladding

The half lap is a wider 180×18 mm board with a lap on each face, so you choose on site between a crisp shadow line and a flatter lap. It is best for horizontal external oak cladding.

Oak vs Other Cladding Timbers

Oak is our heaviest, most traditional cladding. Iroko cladding is a tropical hardwood with a smoother, more golden face. Larch cladding is a lighter, more affordable softwood with a similar rustic feel.

Installing Oak Cladding

• Fix to treated battens over a breather membrane, with a ventilated gap of at least 20 mm behind the boards. Oak is heavy, so size the battens and fixings for the load.
• Use A2 or A4 stainless steel fixings only. Oak’s tannin reacts with galvanised and mild steel and leaves black streaks.
• Pre-drill near the board ends to stop splitting.
• Fine surface cracks, called checking, are normal as oak settles outdoors and don’t shorten its life.
• New oak releases tannin in the first rains, so protect light render or paving below while it settles.

Oiling Oak Cladding

Oak doesn’t need treating to last, but left bare it weathers to a silver grey within the first year. Most people oil it to keep the honey brown. Use a hardwood oil made for European oak, apply it in the first few months, and refresh it every two or three years. See our wood oils and stains.

For oak in beam and post sections, see our oak beams and posts. For every species and profile we stock, browse all our timber cladding.