VERTICAL SIDING SYSTEM

摘要

A vertical cladding arrangement for an external wall of a building includes vertically oriented panels mounted in flush side-by-side array on a supporting structure of the wall and vertically oriented cover members covering the joints between adjacent panels and interlocked with the panels. The cover members have locking flanges along their side edges for insertion in locking grooves formed in side portions of the panels, and are deformable so that the locking flanges can be fitted into the grooves of adjoining panels after the panels have been mounted on the wall. The panels and cover members may be designed to simulate together the appearance of conventional board-and-batten wooden cladding.