Types of wood shingles

Wood shingles are available in many different varieties.

A basic distinction is made between cut and hand-split wooden shingles. In addition, there is a wide range of shapes, dimensions and installation methods to choose from.

If you would like to add colour accents, we treat the façades with high-quality, natural linseed oil paints. These are vapour-permeable, easy to maintain and completely harmless to health.

All types of wooden shingles can be used for the façade. For roofing, however, we only use hand-split wooden shingles, as these are more weather-resistant.

Below you will find a selection of our wood shingle types:

Hand-split wood shingles for façades
Cut wood shingles for façades
Hand-split wood shingles for roofs

Can't find the design you want? Please contact us. We can fulfil almost any design request and will be happy to provide samples for your design process.

Hand-split wood shingles for façades

Handgespaltene Holzschindeln für Fassaden

Hand-split wooden shingles have the advantage that their wood fibres remain intact on the surface due to the manual splitting process. Because of their natural irregularity and the change in shape when they swell and shrink, the shingles do not lie flat on top of each other, which allows for optimal drying. As a result, they absorb significantly less moisture and are characterised by their particularly high durability. On façades, they can easily last 100 years or more. Spruce and larch are used as wood types, but oak and chestnut are also available.

Custom shapes and dimensions

Manufacturing method: Hand-split

Wood types: Spruce, larch

Wood origin: Switzerland

We are happy to manufacture wood shingles specifically for your project. Special shapes and dimensions can be easily realised exactly according to your specifications. Please contact us so that we can discuss your ideas and subject them to a technical review. We are also happy to support the idea generation process by producing samples and mock-ups.

Square shingles (10–12 mm thick)

Manufacturing method: Hand-split

Wood types: Spruce, larch, oak

Wood origin: Switzerland

Dimensions:

Length: 200–600 mm (span: 80–250 mm)

Width: 60–200 mm

Handgespaltene Brettschindeln

Round shingles (10–12 mm thick)

Manufacturing method: Hand-split

Wood types: Spruce, larch

Wood origin: Switzerland

Dimensions:

Length: 200–600 mm (span: 80–220 mm)
Width: 60–150 mm

Square shingles (6 mm thick)

Manufacturing method: Hand-split

Wood types: Spruce, larch

Wood origin: Switzerland

Dimensions:

Length: 150 - 500 mm (span: 45 - 160 mm)

Width: 70 - 110 mm

Round shingles (4–5 mm thick)

Manufacturing method: Hand-split

Wood types: Spruce, larch

Wood origin: Switzerland

Dimensions:

Length: 120–140 mm (span: 30–45 mm)

Width: 30 - 100 mm

"Schlaufschirm"-shingles (4 - 5 mm thick)

Manufacturing method: Hand-split

Wood types: Spruce, larch

Wood origin: Switzerland

Dimensions:

Length: 200–300 mm (span: 60–95 mm)
Width: 70 - 80 mm

Please contact us for further information. We would be happy to advise you on the possibilities offered by hand-split wooden shingles:

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Geschnittene Holzschindeln für Fassaden

Cut wood shingles for façades

Machine-cut wooden shingles are used for façade cladding. Prefabricated into elements, they can be laid very efficiently. They are made from spruce or larch wood and are available in a variety of shapes, such as round, oval, square-edged or heart-shaped.

Spruce wood shingles are often protected with a coat of paint, but even untreated they have an impressive lifespan. We often see façades with cut wood shingles that are easily 100 years old or more thanks to high-quality wood, professional installation and intelligent structural wood protection, such as generous canopies.