Why specify a Rain Screen Wood Siding System?

A rain screen wood siding system has a multitude of benefits over traditional siding methods:

1.) A wood rain screen provides a beautiful natural material to keep rain, snow and other elements away from the building envelope.

2.) A rain screen wood siding system creates a ventilated wall cavity which provides a moderate buffer zone which acts as a passive insulator. 

3.) A wood siding rain screen system provides an airflow to mitigate and help eliminate moisture that is passing from the inside to the outside of the structure.

4.) A properly designed rain screen wood siding system reduces the conditions for molds and mildew to develop inside and outside the building envelope.

5.) Wood siding is a renewable natural resource. Wood siding can provide a warm and harmonious balance of materials, colors and textures in an architectural design.

6.) A properly designed rain screen wall system combines ancient techniques with modern building science to create a sustainable design that will endure.

Why Specify the Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Wood Siding System?

The Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Wood Siding System offers numerous additional advantages over other rain screen wood siding systems. 

1.) The Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Clip is designed to eliminate the use of furring strips by creating a uniform 3/4" ventilated wall cavity. The elimination of furring strips:

2.) Climate-Shield™ rain screen system saves construction time.

3.) Climate-Shield™ rain screen system saves significant construction material costs.

4.) Climate-Shield rain screen system saves significantly on labor costs, especially two story and higher installations. (Scaffolding needs only to be set up once).

5.) The Climate-Shield rain screen clip eliminates a food source for molds and mildew, creating a healthier environment inside and outside the building envelope.

6.) Using the Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Clip minimizes thermal bridging to approximately 2.5% contact with the building envelope when using 1x6 wood siding.

7.) The Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Clip System provides a seamless air flow in all directions in the ventilated wall cavity between the wood siding and the inner building envelope allowing:

8.) Climate-Shield rain screen system allows rapid dissipation and highly effective management of moisture.

ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS FOR CLIMATE-SHIELD RAIN SCREEN WOOD SIDING SYSTEM:

Climate-Shield's rain screen technology allows architects, builders and owners the flexibility to install rain screen wood siding horizontally, vertically or even diagonally without having to worry about how to layer furring strips or creating complicated designs for horizontal furring strips.

CLIMATE-SHIELD RAIN SCREEN DESIGN OPTION 1:
Horizontal Rain Screen Installation using 1x6 wood siding and the Climate-Shield Rain Screen Clip at the starter course of wood siding.

To view the Climate-Shield Rain Screen System detail for 1x6 wood siding installed horizontally using Climate-Shield Rain Screen Siding Clips at the starter course of wood siding, please click on the icon to the right.

CLIMATE-SHIELD RAIN SCREEN DESIGN OPTION 2:
Horizontal Rain Screen Installation using 1x4 wood siding and the Climate-Shield Rain Screen Clip at the starter course of wood siding.

For a close look at the Climate-Shield Rain Screen System using 1x4 wood siding and Climate-Shield Rain Screen Clips at the starter course of siding, please click on the icon to the right.

CLIMATE-SHIELD RAIN SCREEN DESIGN OPTION 3:
Horizontal Rain Screen Installation using 1x6 wood siding and the Climate-Shield Starter Rail at the starter course of wood siding.

Click on the icon to the right to view the Climate-Shield Rain Screen System detail for a horizontal rain screen installation using 1x6 wood siding and the Climate-Shield Starter Rail.

CLIMATE-SHIELD RAIN SCREEN DESIGN OPTION 4:
Horizontal Rain Screen Installation using 1x4 wood siding and the Climate-Shield Starter Rail at the starter course of wood siding.

Click on the icon to the right to download Climate-Shield 1x4 Standard Rain Screen Wood Siding Profile drawing with Climate-Shield Rain Screen Clips in PDF File Format

Climate-Shield 1x6 Wood Siding Standard Profile

The architectural drawing below shows the Climate-Shield Rain Screen 1x6 standard wood siding profile with the Climate-Shield Rain Screen Clips on a building envelope showing 1/2" plywood for exterior sheathing and a drainage plane material to complete the building envelope.

Click on the icon to the right to download Climate-Shield 1x6 Standard Rain Screen Wood Siding Profile drawing with Climate-Shield Rain Screen Clips in PDF File Format

Click on the icon to the right to download Climate-Shield 1x6 Standard Rain Screen Wood Siding Profile drawing with Climate-Shield Rain Screen Clips in DWG File Format

Climate-Shield 1x6 Rain Screen Installation Detail using Rain Screen Starter Rail

The architectural drawing below shows the Climate-Shield Rain Screen 1x6 installation detail and fastening layout with Climate-Shield Rain Screen Starter Rail on a building envelope using structural sheathing.

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Climate-Shield 1x4 Wood Siding Standard Profile

The architectural drawing below shows the Climate-Shield Rain Screen 1x4 standard wood siding profile with the Climate-Shield Rain Screen Clips on a building envelope showing 1/2" plywood for exterior sheathing and a drainage plane material to complete the building envelope.

Click on the icon to the right to download Climate-Shield 1x4 Standard Rain Screen Wood Siding Profile drawing with Climate-Shield Rain Screen Clips in PDF File Format

Click on the icon to the right to download Climate-Shield 1x4 Standard Rain Screen Wood Siding Profile drawing with Climate-Shield Rain Screen Clips in DWG File Format

Climate-Shield 1x4 Rain Screen Installation Detail using Rain Screen Starter Rail

The architectural drawing below shows the Climate-Shield Rain Screen 1x4 installation detail and fastening layout with Climate-Shield Rain Screen Starter Rail on a building envelope using structural sheathing.

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Design Detail for Typical Top Course of Cladding Material (Horizontal siding)

At the top course of siding in the Climate-Shield Rain Screen System, where the cladding will typically intersect a soffit, the siding should be ripped to the proper height to meet your design criteria. The drawings below depict a typical interface between the top course of wood cladding and the soffit. For the most efficient design and installation, solid blocking is normally installed between the siding vent material for strength and efficient design functionality.

Click on the icon to the right to download a typical top course of siding, under-soffit detail using the Climate-Shield Rain Screen System in a PDF file format.

Click on the icon to the right to download a typical top course of siding, under-soffit detail using the Climate-Shield Rain Screen System in an AutoCAD DWG file format.

The Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Wood Siding System allows your design team to use either softwood or hardwood siding. The wood cladding material selected can be installed in the normal horizontal method, but you are now free to install on the vertical or diagonal and still have all the efficiencies and benefits of a rain screen system. We have eliminated the need to purchase or install furring strips, a major cost and a time consuming process. By using the Climate-Shield Rain Screen Clip as a hidden fastener, we have also eliminated the need to drill or pre-drill the siding.

  Climate-Shield Rain Screen Siding System details showing horizontal wood siding and vertical wood siding rain screen applications.

Vertical Rainscreen Siding Installation Assembly

For vertical rainscreen wood siding designs, the new vertical siding starter rail makes design and installation of the Climate-Shield Rain Screen System easier than ever.  Check out the new Climate-Shield Vertical Rainscreen siding assembly shown below:

Download the PDF version of the Climate-Shield rainscreen vertical siding assembly by clicking the icon to your right:

Click the AutoCAD icon to your right to download the Climate-Shield Rainscreen vertical wood siding assembly detail

Design Detail for Typical Top End of Vertical Cladding Material

At the top end of wood siding boards in a vertical siding installation of the Climate-Shield Rain Screen System, where the cladding will typically intersect a soffit, the siding should be cut 1/8" short to allow adequate ventilation at the top of the wall section. The drawing below depicts a typical interface of a vertical wood cladding installation and the soffit. For the most efficient design and installation, the rain screen clips are installed at the top of the vertical wood siding and siding vent material is installed below the rain screen clips.

Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Wood Siding System is the best rain screen system for wood siding on the market today. Our patented rain screen clip design is manufactured in the U.S., in Portland, Oregon. Our unique rain screen clip system is the most cost effective method available for installing rain screen wood siding with Ipe, Cumaru, Garapa, Machiche, and any other appropriate species of hardwood or softwood.

                The Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Clip design is the heart of the rain screen siding system

Climate-Shield rain screen clips and rain screen corners are extruded from Marine Grade Aluminum Alloy and our system includes stainless steel screws for the ultimate in durability and long life. There will be no destructive galvanic action to compromise the endurance of your rain screen project design.

Climate-Shield Rain Screen Aluminum Outside Corner Assembly

Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Aluminum Outside Corner System with Cumaru hardwood siding 

The Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Aluminum Corner System is designed to create a clean crisp architectural feature for your rain screen wood siding design. The aluminum outside corner also protects the ends of the wood siding boards. The Climate-Shield Aluminum Outside Corner comes in a standard mill finish in 12' lengths. (Custom powder coated colors are also available upon request.)

ARCHITECURAL DRAWINGS OF CLIMATE-SHIELD RAIN SCREEN ALUMINUM OUTSIDE CORNER ASSEMBLY

Click on the icon to your right to download the architectural detail of the Climate-Shield Aluminum Outside Corner Assembly in PDF file format.

Click on the icon to your right to download the architectural detail of the Climate-Shield Aluminum Outside Corner Assembly in DWG file format.

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS OF CLIMATE-SHIELD RAIN SCREEN ALUMINUM OUTSIDE CORNER COMPONENTS

The Climate-Shield Rain Screen Outside Corner Base Component is installed prior to installing the wood siding to your rain screen design.  After the wood siding installation is completed, the Climate-Shield Outside Corner Finish Component is attached to the Base Component using a rubber mallet.

Click on the icon to your right to download the architectural detail of the Climate-Shield Aluminum Outside Corner Components in PDF file format.

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CLIMATE-SHIELD RAIN SCREEN ALUMINUM OUTSIDE CORNER- CUSTOM ARCHITECTURAL PROFILES AND CUSTOM COLORS

The Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Aluminum Corner System can also be designed and engineered to meet the needs of your project design. any customized profile you would like.The Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Aluminum Corner System can also be powder coat finished in a wide pallette of colors to meet your architectural color design scheme goals.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PALETTE OF CUSTOM COLORS AVAILABLE FOR  OUTSIDE CORNERS ON YOUR RAIN SCREEN PROJECT DESIGN.

WOOD OUTSIDE CORNER ASSEMBLIES FOR CLIMATE-SHIELD RAIN SCREEN SIDING SYSTEM

Ipe hardwood outside corner for Climate-Shield™ Rain Screen Siding System

To create a more traditional outside corner for your Climate-Shield Rain Screen Wood Siding System design, feel free to use wood outside corners to match your wood siding. Wood outside corners can be designed in a wide variety of profiles, thicknesses and patterns. Let your creativity flow and design a wood outside corner profile of your choosing. Wood outside corners to complement your rain screen wood siding design can be built on-site or designed and built for you in our architectural woodshops.

INSIDE CORNER ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL FOR YOUR CLIMATE-SHIELD RAIN SCREEN WOOD SIDING SYSTEM

To complete the sleek lines of your rain screen design, don't forget to consider how you will treat your inside corners. A typical inside corner is built on site using wood blocking attached to the outside of the building envelope. Then you can attach the same material you have selected for your wood siding material to fasten to the blocking for a clean matching appearance.

You are free to select blocking and the finish material in sizes that best achieve your design goals.  In the architectural drawing of the inside corner detail below, the designer chose to let the inside corner sit about 1/2" proud of the siding.  Depending on how pronounced you would like this architectural detail to appear, you may select larger or smaller sizes for your blocking and finished material on your inside corner.

Climate-Shield Rain Screen System - Architectural Detail for Inside Corner Assembly

Click on the icon to your right to download the architectural detail of the Climate-Shield Rain Screen Aluminum Inside Corner Detail in PDF file format.

Click on the icon to your right to download the architectural detail of the Climate-Shield Rain Screen Aluminum Inside Corner Detail in DWG file format.

CLICK HERE TO SEE RAIN SCREEN WOOD SIDING MATERIAL OPTIONS INCLUDING APPROPRIATE SIDING SPECIES AND WOOD SIDING PROFILE OPTIONS

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 3 PART CSI SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CLIMATE-SHIELD RAIN SCREEN WOOD SIDING SYSTEM

It is becoming increasingly common for exterior insulation to be applied outside the traditional building envelope. This sustainable design practice is intended to help reduce the building or structure's energy consumption and makes sound environmental and economic sense. Climate-Shield has developed a Z-Girt to facilitate efficient installation of the rainscreen system in a design requiring exterior insulation.

Whether your project is a commercial building design using metal framing and exterior gypsum, or wood frame construction using exterior insulation, the Climate-Shield Z-girts work extremely well to provide strong fastening points, ease of installation and design flexibilty for your rain screen system.

Achitectural details for the Climate-Shield Rain Screen System using typical building materials for commercial building design and construction shown below:

Click on the icon to your right to download the  architectural detail of the Climate-Shield Rain Screen Typical Wall Detail with Z-Girts and Exterior Insulation in PDF file format.

Click on the icon to your right to download  the architectural detail of the Climate-Shield Rain Screen Typical Wall Detail with Z-Girts and Exterior Insulation in AutoCAD file format.

Climate-Shield Rain Screen Systems has recently developed a new rain screen component to simplify the design and installation process for several wall systems. The component itself, Climate-Shield Rain Screen Attachment Channel CSAC8, is a rugged 8' marine grade aluminum attachment channel. Like other Climate-Shield accessories, the marine grade aluminum was selected to construct the rain screen attachment channel for extended lifetime, top performance and low cost.

The Climate-Shield Attachment Channel makes the design and installation of concrete wall assemblies, exterior gypsum and steel stud wall assemblies and insulated sheathing over wood stud wall assemblies, stronger, simpler and more effective.

Climate-Shield Attachment Channel with Insulated Sheathing over Wood Studs Wall Assembly

The Climate-Shield Attachment Channel for insulated sheathing over wood or steel studs is excellent for insulation up to 1" thick.  For thicker insulated wall assemblies, you may prefer to design with Z-girts as shown in the details above.

Download the Climate-Shield Attachment Channel detail for insulated sheathing over wood studs wall assembly in pdf or CAD file formats by clicking the appropriate icon.

Climate-Shield Attachment Channel with Exterior Gypsum Sheathing over Steel Studs Wall Assembly

The Climate-Shield Attachment Channel works exceptionally well for exterior wall assemblies using exterior gypsum or cementitious non-structural panels over steel studs. Download the Climate-Shield Attachment Channel detail for insulated sheathing over wood studs wall assembly in pdf or CAD file formats by clicking the appropriate icon.

Climate-Shield Attachment Channel for Concrete or Masonry Wall Assembly

The Climate-Shield Attachment Channel works very well to create a solid attachment for the rain screen system over concrete or masonry wall assemblies.

Download the Climate-Shield Attachment Channel detail for a concrete or masonry wall assembly in pdf or CAD file formats by clicking the appropriate icon.