Build your whole cladding project around our black wood grain boards here. Enter each wall’s width and height in metres and add any windows and doors — the calculator takes them off the area, then walks you through battens, fixings, starter clips and corner trims, and works out the edging each wall needs. Skip any step for parts you already have, and leave out any wall you’re not cladding. Our black wood grain cladding comes in 2.5m and 3.6m boards, so choose the length that gives the fewest cuts across your longest wall.
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Battens, starter clips and corner trims are easy to overlook. Build your full project around our black wood grain cladding: it takes windows and doors off the area and works out the edging for you.
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Our Wood Grain Black Cladding combines the rich appearance of natural timber with a contemporary black finish, without the ongoing upkeep associated with traditional wood. The darker colour and authentic wood-grain surface make it particularly suited to garden rooms, extensions, sheds and exterior feature walls where you want the cladding to stand out rather than blend into the background.
With a simple shiplap connection system, a rot and splinter-resistant surface and 2.5m or 3.6m board lengths, it provides a practical composite cladding option for creating a bold exterior finish, with straightforward installation and minimal upkeep, and simple cleaning and maintenance to help retain its appearance. The darker surface is also particularly good at disguising everyday marks and dirt, while our experience with this enhanced wood-grain finish has shown minimal noticeable colour change compared with some of our lighter Grey finishes.
Please Note: Order Your Free Samples
Black is a bold colour, but on this board the surface texture is just as important as the shade. The wood grain can be difficult to appreciate fully in photographs, particularly on a darker finish. Seeing a sample in person lets you see how the grain catches the light and whether you want that textured timber appearance for your project.
Free samples are available before ordering.
Anti-Rot & Splinter-Resistant
Authentic Wood Grain Texture
10-Year Warranty
Quick Calculator: How Many Black Wood Grain Cladding Boards Do You Need?
You may already have your design planned out. If so, our quick calculator works out just the boards for your wall area, with the accessories you’ll need — composite battens, starter clips and L corner trims — listed below so you can add them if needed. Measure each wall on its own and take off windows and doors before you enter the figures, or use the full project calculator below, which does that for you. The count already allows for the shiplap overlap, so it’s boards as fitted, not boards laid flat.
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Benefits Of Our Black Wood Grain Cladding
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Hides Imperfections
If you like your home to look picture-perfect, then go for black cladding. Black hides imperfections beautifully, keeping your home family photo ready at all times!
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Low-Maintenance
A bucket, sponge, and a brush every now and then are all you need to keep your wood grain black cladding looking as bold as the day it was installed.
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Natural Yet Modern
Pairing wood grain with black gives you that natural, timeless look, whilst embracing bold design features. You can make a statement whilst creating a natural softness, perfect for a family home.
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Convincing Wood Grain effect
The enhanced surface creates a more defined timber-inspired grain while retaining the practical advantages of composite. If you're comparing this surface with smooth, sanded or other exterior finishes, our guide to
Black Wood Grain Board Specifications
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Length
3600/2500mm
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Width
174mm (147mm cover once installed)
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Board Coverage per 3.6m
0.530m²
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Board Coverage 2.5m
0.368m²
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Finish
Wood Grain
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Thickness
20mm
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Colour
Black
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Installation
Shiplap Connection (screw required)
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Warranty
10 Years Residential
Expert Advice On Our Black Wood Grain Cladding
A Word from Our Expert, Allan Jeffrey BSc. Eng. (Hons), Composite Materials Specialist, Environmentalist, and CEO of Ultra Decking:
Our Black Wood Grain Cladding is a rising choice with customers and a finish we’re seeing increasingly used on modern exterior projects. Black gives you that bold, sleek appearance, but combining it with the natural wood-grain surface stops the board from looking too flat and helps retain some of the authentic character you’d expect from timber.
What I like about Black is how easily it can work with different garden features and designs. We’ve seen it used to create a strong standalone feature as well as alongside glass, modern window frames and other darker exterior details. The deeper tone is also very forgiving in everyday use, helping to disguise minor marks, scratches and stains.
The enhanced surface treatment comes from techniques used across our composite decking ranges. From our experience with these boards, the Black finish weathers particularly well and shows less noticeable colour change than our Grey Wood Grain Cladding, helping it retain that richer, darker appearance for longer.
Delivery Information
| Delivery Type | How Long? | Delivery Cost |
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| Urgent | Estimated 1-4 Working Days | £79.99 |
| Normal* | Estimated 5 to 7 Working Days* | FREE |
| Royal Mail Standard (Small Parcels) | 3–5 Working Days | £8.00 |
| Royal Mail Standard (Large Parcels) | 3–5 Working Days | £29.95 |
| Collection | Collection from our warehouse | FREE |
| Sample Packs | 3–5 Working Days | FREE |
| *Normal | Distance Deliveries Can Exceed Estimate | FREE |
FAQ About Black Wood Grain Cladding
1 Is black cladding a good idea?
If you’re looking for that sleek, modern appeal that’ll look exceptional on your Instagram feed, then black wood grain cladding is your go-to. Homes with larger windows or a feature of glass look extraordinary with the striking black colour however, black wood grain cladding can work well with anything!
2 What colour goes with black cladding?
You can go in several directions with Black Cladding. White, Grey and other neutral tones can keep the overall design modern and understated, while warmer colours can create a much stronger contrast. Natural greens can also work particularly well where you want the darker cladding to sit alongside planting and landscaping.
If you’re deciding how Black will work with the rest of your exterior, our guide to choosing a composite cladding colour looks more closely at colour combinations and what to consider before making your choice.
3 What are the cons of black cladding?
The main drawback of black is that, as a darker colour, it does get hot in the sun. Unlike decking, though, you’re not in constant contact with cladding, so surface heat is rarely a practical problem; in all the years we’ve sold black boards, no customer has reported it as an issue after installation.
4 Is a black exterior bad feng shui?
Black definitely doesn’t equal doom and gloom! In fact, it’s quite the opposite. A black house in feng shui can provide your home with a sense of wealth and stability, which is never a bad thing.
5 How many black wood grain cladding boards do I need?
Use the quick calculator on this page: enter each wall’s length and width in metres, taking off windows and doors first, for a board count, and tick the 5% cutting margin to cover trimming and cuts. Each 3.6m board covers 0.530 m² and each 2.5m board 0.368 m², with the shiplap overlap already allowed for. For battens, clips and trims as well, use the full project calculator further down the page.
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