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An exterior weather shielding panel assembly for fitting against an external side wall of a building, comprising a rigid back board for anchoring engagement with the building side wall, a waterproofing membrane applied against the back board, an air ventilating screen applied against the waterproofi

An exterior weather shielding panel assembly for fitting against an external side wall of a building, comprising a rigid back board for anchoring engagement with the building side wall, a waterproofing membrane applied against the back board, an air ventilating screen applied against the waterproofing membrane opposite the back board, and a plurality of shingles disposed against the screen outer face in slopewisely cascading fashion. Nails concealed by the overlapping sections of upper rows of shingles fixedly anchor the panel assembly components to the residential building side wall. The panel assembly is manufactured in factory before installation on the building.

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1. An exterior weather shielding panel assembly for fitting against an external wall of a building, said panel assembly comprising:a) a rigid back board having opposite inner face and outer face, said back board outer face for anchoring engagement with the building external wall; b) a waterproofing

1. An exterior weather shielding panel assembly for fitting against an external wall of a building, said panel assembly comprising:a) a rigid back board having opposite inner face and outer face, said back board outer face for anchoring engagement with the building external wall; b) a waterproofing membrane, applied against said back board inner face; c) an air ventilating screen having opposite inner face and outer face, said screen inner face applied against said waterproofing membrane opposite said back board; d) a plurality of shingle members, disposed against said screen outer face in slopewisely cascading fashion; and e) anchor means, fixedly anchoring said waterproofing membrane and said ventilating screen to said back board and to each of said shingle members; wherein said panel assembly is manufactured in factory before installation on the building. 2. A panel assembly as in claim 1,wherein said shingle members each are bevelled, having a length, a width, and a thickness tapering lengthwisely thereof from a thick lower end portion to a thin upper end portion, said shingle members defining: a) first shingle members, disposed colinearly along their width in a first coplanar row; b) second shingle members, each of a length similar to that of said first shingle members and disposed colinearly along their width in a second coplanar row, with said first shingle members upper end portion being overlappingly taken in sandwich between said second shingle members lower end portion and said air ventilating screen; c) third shingle members, each of a size similar to said first shingle members thin upper end portion and disposed in a third coplanar row, said third shingle members overlappingly taken in sandwich between said first shingle members thick lower end portion and said screen; and d) fourth shingle members, each of a size similar to said first shingle members thickn lower end portion and disposed in a fourth coplanar row, said second shingle members thin upper end portion being overlappingly taken in sandwich between said fourth shingle members and said screen; wherein said coplanar rows are offset from one another; and wherein said fourth shingle members, said first shingles members thick lower end portion and said second shingles thick lower end portion each define an exterior exposed face. 3. A panel assembly as in claim 2,wherein each successive pair of said shingle members from a given one of said coplanar rows, define a small keyway gap therebetween, each said gap from one row of said shingle members being transversely offset from any of said gap from an adjacent row of said shingle members. 4. A panel assembly as in claim 3,wherein said offset between one said gap and another said gap from an adjacent row, is in the centimeter range, while said keyway gap is in the millimeter range. 5. A panel assembly as in claim 2,in combination with a second said panel assembly similar to the first mentioned panel assembly, and each of said second panel assembly and first mentioned panel assembly further including complementary first and second interlocking edgewise joint means, edgewisely interlocking said second panel assembly with said first-mentioned panel assembly in a generally coplanar fashion, wherein said shingle members of both said first mentioned panel assembly and said second panel assembly, remain generally parallel in slopewise fashion. 6. A panel assembly as in claim 5,further including a moisture escape gap, formed edgewisely between said screen of each of the first mentioned panel assembly and of said second panel assembly. 7. A panel assembly as in claim 2,wherein said anchor means includes a plurality of rust resistant staples, at least two driven through each of said shingle members and through said back board, said waterproofing membrane, and said air ventilating screen, and for anchoring to the building side wall. 8. A panel assembly as in claim 7,wherein said staples anchoring said first and second shingle members, are driven through an intermediate section of the length thereof, wherein the latter staples are concealed from outside view and shielded from weathering elements by said fourth shingle members and said second shingle members lower end portion. 9. A panel assembly as in claim 2,wherein said back board, said waterproofing membrane, said air ventilating screen and edgewise said shingle members that extend along the edges of said panel assembly, form a peripheral edge, said peripheral edge including a joint portion, said joint portion for engagement with another similar second joint portion from a second said panel assembly for forming generally coplanar interlocking joint means between the first mentioned panel assembly with said second panel assembly. 10. A panel assembly as in claim 9,further including weathertight lip means, integral to said edgewise shingle members for shielding and concealing the interlocking joint means formed by the joined first mentioned joint portion and said second joint portion. 11. A panel assembly as in claim 10,wherein each of said joint portion is double-bevelled. 12. A panel assembly as in claim 1,wherein said air ventilating screen consists of a nylon mesh screen. 13. A panel assembly as in claim 12,wherein said nylon mesh defines a wavy configuration forming open slopewise channels for evacuation of moisture. 14. A panel assembly as in claim 12,wherein the thickness of said nylon mesh ranges between about 5 to 25 mm. 15. A method of mounting a first shingles panel assembly and a second shingles panel assembly against a building external wall, each of said first panel assembly and second panel assembly comprising:a rigid back board having opposite inner face and outer face, said back board outer face for anchoring engagement with the building external wall; a waterproofing membrane, applied against said back board inner face; an air ventilating screen having opposite inner face and outer face, said screen inner face applied against said waterproofing membrane opposite said back board; a plurality of shingle members, disposed against said screen outer face in slopewisely cascading fashion, and including a number of edgewise shingle members, wherein said back board, said waterproofing membrane, said air ventilating screen and said edgewise shingle members together form a peripheral edge, and said peripheral edge including a joint portion; and anchor means, fixedly anchoring said waterproofing membrane and said ventilating screen to said back board and to each of said shingle members; wherein said method comprises the following steps: a) applying and anchoring said first shingles panel assembly back board against the building external wall; b) applying said second shingles panel assembly against the building external wall proximate said first shingles panel assembly; c) slidingly bringing a first said joint portion of said first shingles panel assembly against a second said joint portion of said second shingles panel assembly; and d) edgewisely interlocking said first joint portion and said second joint portion in weathertight fashion. 16. A method of mounting as in claim 15,further including the following mounting step, concurrent with said step d): overlapping registering integral lip portions of said shingle members from said first shingles panel assembly over said first joint portion and said second joint portion during said edgewisely interlocking. 17. A modular unit for use as a building side wall covering, said modular unit comprising:a) a unitary rigid sheet backing; b) a unitary flexible air ventilating mesh; c) a unitary flexible hydrophobic membrane, taken in sandwich between said mesh and said backing and defining an outer face; d) a number of discrete fluid screens, applied against said membrane outer face opposite said hydrophobic membrane; and e) anchoring means anchoring said screens to said membrane, mesh and backing, wherein said screens form a unitary first fluid shield transversely spaced from said hydrophobic membrane forming a unitary second fluid shield. 18. A modular unit as in claim 17,wherein said discrete fluid screens include at least two slopingly cascading rows of said screens, each pair of successive screens from a given one of said rows being spaced from one another by a keyway slot, each of said keyway slot being offset from a corresponding keyway slot from one adjacent of said screens from an adjacent one of said rows. 19. A modular unit as in claim 18,wherein said fluid screens include a first row of first shingles, a second row of second shingles, and at least a third row of third shingles, said first shingles being about half the size of the remaining said shingles, said second shingles having a half portion concealed by said first shingles, and said third shingles having a half portion concealed by said second shingles. 20. A modular unit as in claim 19,wherein said air ventilating mesh is a nylon mesh of about 5 to 25 mm in thickness, said mesh ondulating so as to define sloping grooves, said grooves providing slopewise moisture escape between said discrete fluid screens and said hydrophobic membrane.