Wall Panel 92A Oak: the slat repeat and where it lines up

Slatted cladding is a pattern as much as a surface, and this listing publishes enough to work the pattern out. Wall Panel 92A - Oak - Outdoor - 240cm, code AWS-OWP92A, gives a slat width of 2.4cm and a space between slats of 1.4cm. Add them and the face repeats every 3.8cm, which is the number to design around.

Why a 3.8cm repeat is useful to know

Once you know the repeat, you can decide where it starts. Hold the first slat against the edge of a window reveal, a door frame or an outdoor light, and the eye reads the wall as set out rather than as cut to fit. Shift it by half a repeat and the same wall looks slightly wrong without anyone being able to say why. On a run of any length the repeat also tells you how a rip will show: cutting into the last panel interrupts the 3.8cm rhythm, so it is better to lose a little from both ends than a lot from one. The listing does not say where the first slat sits in relation to the panel edge, so if you need to know exactly what a cut edge will look like, ask the shop before you set out.

The pack, as listed

The area and the panel size are consistent: 16cm across 240cm is 0.384m², and twelve of those give the 4.61m² quoted. The dimensions are printed unlabelled, and while 240cm is the length and 1.2cm reads as the thickness, ask the shop to confirm the order of the figures before you cut.

A slatted face is a different thing from an interlocking one

A slat-and-space face behaves differently from a flat one: in strong side light the slats cast shadow lines across each other, so the wall changes through the day in a way a smooth board does not. One thing the listing does not settle is what the 1.4cm space actually is. On a panel listed at 1.2cm thick it could be a recess moulded into a solid board or an open gap through to whatever the panel is fixed to, and that difference decides whether the batten or wall behind needs to be a matching colour. Ask the shop which it is before you prepare the substrate. The same range also runs interlocking panels, for example Wall Panel 89A - Oak - Outdoor - 290cm, which lists its coverage on a fitted and interlocked basis instead. Those listings publish no slat width and no space between slats, so if you are comparing the two faces, ask the shop how they differ rather than judging it from a photograph.

Trims and brackets are separate orders

The description says trim pieces are sold separately and that brackets are recommended for installation, and it names both: the Wall Panel 92 Trim - 240cm, which comes ten to a pack, and the Bracket For Outdoor Panels 73/83/84/92, fifty to a pack. Neither is included with the panels. What the listing does not give is a bracket spacing, so how many you need per panel is a question for the shop rather than something to estimate.

What the listing leaves open

The material is described as engineered composite, UV resistant, with textured slats; the polymer is not named and the listing does not say whether there is any wood content, which is worth knowing if you intend to cut and finish the ends. There is no fire rating, no acoustic figure, no weight and no fixing centre published. Other colours in this profile sit alongside it in Outdoor Wall Panels, and the fittings in Outdoor Trims & Fittings.

If the repeat and the figures suit your wall, the panel is here: Wall Panel 92A - Oak - Outdoor - 240cm. Delivery is free within 50 miles of our Glasgow store and £50 beyond.