Nordic spruce is a resinous wood, not to be confused with fir. Spruce is perfectly suited to the installation of wood cladding. Spruce stands out for its natural appearance and aesthetics, and its affordable cost.
In this guide, our expert Yvon Debeaumont answers all your questions about spruce cladding.
Spruce is widely used in the construction industry. Spruce belongs to the Picea abies or Picea excelsa family, or more generally to the Pinaceae family. Northern spruce originated in Scandinavia.
Spruce is a wood species with many advantages for use in wood cladding:
| Origin | Scandinavia |
| Class of use | class 3.1 with CTBB+ certified Sivalbp preservation |
| Certification | PEFC certified |
| Type | fairly soft wood |
| Density | 475 kg / m3 at 12% humidity |
| Durability | good (between 10 and 30 years) |
| Suggested quality | A/B choice |
| Colour | very light, whitish to creamy, may have a slightly pearly tinge |
| Dimensional stability | good stability |
| Use | structures (framework, battens), interiors (panelling), exteriors (cladding, shutters) |
Northern spruce cladding has a number of specific characteristics:
Remember: all types of wood turn grey naturally if they are not maintained and finished. Follow our advice to preserve the original colour of your spruce cladding.
To ensure that spruce wood cladding lasts longer, we recommend that you choose wood cladding that has been treated with a preservative during manufacture. The aim of this preservative treatment is to protect the structure of the wood.
To delay the ageing of wood cladding, it is advisable to choose wood cladding with a finish such as saturator, paint or woodstain. Each finish range offers a wide range of colours and looks to suit all your projects.
Spruce is suitable for both interior and exterior projects. Northern spruce can be dried, steamed or heat-stabilised for indoor or outdoor use.
There are different types of spruce panelling to suit a multitude of interior design projects. Spruce panelling is highly aesthetic, making it quick and easy to cover a wall and add a unique touch to your interior. Play around with the width of the boards for a very contemporary look. There are also different types of finish: untreated, whitewashed, etc. Whether installed vertically or horizontally, in a kitchen, bedroom or bathroom, spruce panelling is a chameleon that adapts to all your projects to create a unique ambience that reflects your personality.
Spruce is not a naturally durable wood for exterior use such as wood cladding. It needs a preservative treatment and a finish for long-lasting exterior use. With a saturator finish, spruce cladding can be easily installed on the outside of a house or apartment block. Find out more about saturators.
To ensure that spruce cladding is installed correctly, the rules set out in DTU 41.2 must be followed.
Vertical spruce cladding with board-and-batten offers an elegant, modern look. This installation technique enhances the façade of your house or building, giving an impression of finesse and slenderness. This type of installation facilitates rainwater drainage.
The horizontal installation technique for spruce cladding gives the building a traditional look. It accentuates the natural effect of the spruce wood and gives the façade a stretched look.
Are you planning to install spruce cladding on the front of your house? Would you like to know the price per m2 of spruce cladding for the interior or exterior of your home or building? How much does spruce cladding cost? To find out, download our price list for cladding.
All our spruce cladding is made from wood from PEFC-certified Scandinavian forests. All our wood cladding boards are manufactured on our production site in France, in the Haute-Savoie region.
At Sivalbp, we have several ranges of spruce cladding for exterior facades and several ranges of spruce panelling for interior walls.
At Sivalbp, we offer several ranges of spruce wood cladding to suit all your projects
At Sivalbp, we also offer several ranges of wood panelling for your interior projects.
To choose the wood cladding best suited to your project, contact our wood experts!
