Cedar shingles

I have recently moved and my new home is clad with cedar shingle. Although I have been gardening for many years now I have never had walls made like this my question is will climbers be safe on them or will they damage the walls, pull off the shingles, would they cause damp under the plants which could in turn rot the shingles maybe some of the builders on here would know

 

I've always said that a climber, (as long as it's not ivy) will protect a building from the elements rather than harm it.

I can see your worry about damp under them, but less rain will be hitting the shingles than it normally would.

As for pulling them off, what were you thinking of growing up it? Not that i'm a climber expert, but someone on here will know

 

Not seen cedar shingles in the UK, but then I dont get out much these days.

Cant help much regarding climbers growing on such walls, can only say that it depends a lot on what kind of climber.
I'd not let the invasive types, (ivy etc.) anywhere near it, but the odd clematis might not be a problem.

 

Do you know if the shingle's are fastened to batons on the wall,if so you could maybe place some vine eyes through the shingle's into the batons and run some wire through them or plastic mesh and fasten the climbers to these,it would also give you a breathing space between the shingle's and plants and help protect the shingle's. Ivy would be a big no no.

 

ivy would not be a choice I was thinking actindia or rose and yes the shingles are fixed wit battens to the wall so could fix vine eyes

 

My fiend had Ivy growing on his house. He had a hell of a job removing it , plus it badly marked the brickwork.
I have Virginia Creeper ,Parthenocissus quinquefolia, growing on the back of my house. Lovely leaves which colour brilliantly in autumn . Mine had grown about 40 feet diagonally across the house. I cut it back last autumn , just snipped the stems and one tug brought it down. It just attaches with little suckers causing no damage .

 

I agree with the others ie Ivy is a no no , but also Wisteria may be able to send a shoot through , as a house by me its wrapped itself around the guttering and the pipe and has climbed on to the roof

I would stick with roses but saying that would the weight pull on the shingles ? depending how they are attached, also if you need to treat them ? how will you go about that , I have a cedar greenhouse and it did need treating last year as algae and the like was staring to get a foot hold near the base.

 

hadn't thought about treating

 

nor had I with all that I have read about Cedar , but the legs on the staging had started to rot to my surprise, I have two cedar beehives and I give them a brush over with teak oil every two years in the Autumn stops the wood from cracking plus it "Spruces" them up