Metal siding · Aluminum plank
Woodgrain aluminum plank siding and soffit
Walk a new West Coast contemporary street and the warm wood on the soffits and entry walls is usually not wood. It is extruded aluminum plank with a sublimated woodgrain finish, sold under brands such as Longboard and AL13. It gives the clear cedar look that defines the style, on a material that never greys, checks or needs oil. We install it as soffit, as feature walls and as full cladding, usually alongside a standing seam roof and flat metal panels.
- Material
- extruded aluminum
- Finish
- woodgrain or solid
- Fastening
- concealed
Strengths
What it does well
- The cedar look with zero finishing or re-oiling
- Consistent colour across the whole wall, no knots or checking
- Aluminum does not rust, so it suits the coast
- Concealed clips, clean reveals, matching trims
- Also the best-looking soffit material available
Trade-offs
What to weigh up
- The most expensive cladding on this list
- Dents and scratches cannot be sanded out like wood
- Best left to crews who install it often
- Long lead times on some colours
Detail
Where it earns its price
Architectural aluminum plank is the premium end of metal cladding, and a whole house in it costs well above Hardie. Most of our clients use it where it is seen and touched: the soffit along the front, the wall at the entry, the gable end facing the street, with flat metal panel or board and batten elsewhere. Used that way it transforms a house for a modest share of the siding budget.
Price
Priced after we measure
Openings, corners and wall height decide a siding price more than the panel does, so we measure the walls and count the windows before quoting.
Specification
- Material
- extruded aluminum plank, 6 in profiles typical
- Finish
- sublimated woodgrain or solid PVDF colours
- Fastening
- concealed clips on strapping
- Orientation
- horizontal or vertical
- Base
- rainscreen strapping over a weather barrier
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Other metal siding
Standing seam and flat-panel wall cladding
Vertical or horizontal concealed-fastener panels on the walls, matching the roof. Clean lines, no visible screws, the modern house look.
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Corrugated and ribbed metal siding
Classic Rib, corrugated and box-rib steel on the walls. The agricultural look, the budget option, and lately the fashionable one.
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Metal board and batten
Vertical metal panels with raised battens that give the farmhouse look in steel, without the painting, splitting or carpenter ants of wood.
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Interested in aluminum plank?
Free measure, written quote, samples in hand.