External cladding - looking for recommendations
Discussion
We have a timber-clad house. The cladding round the dormers is beginning to show signs of wear and I am looking to replace them with some sort of plastic or composite material. There seem to be lots of companies making this but the choice is bewildering. Anybody any recommendations regarding type of material and any good companies making them? Any other tips appreciated - thank you.
Cedral is wider and thicker than Hardie (from memory) so you get a slightly different look but this is marginal.
Not sure uPVC would be a good choice as wouldn't you get horrendous expansion on a long run on hot days? Fibre cement is far more stable.
We have Cedral and are pleased with it, although it's not been up long enough to comment on its long term durability.
Not sure uPVC would be a good choice as wouldn't you get horrendous expansion on a long run on hot days? Fibre cement is far more stable.
We have Cedral and are pleased with it, although it's not been up long enough to comment on its long term durability.
AndrewT1275 said:
Cedral is wider and thicker than Hardie (from memory) so you get a slightly different look but this is marginal.
Not sure uPVC would be a good choice as wouldn't you get horrendous expansion on a long run on hot days? Fibre cement is far more stable.
We have Cedral and are pleased with it, although it's not been up long enough to comment on its long term durability.
From memory Cedral is 10mm thick and Hardie 8mm. Not sure uPVC would be a good choice as wouldn't you get horrendous expansion on a long run on hot days? Fibre cement is far more stable.
We have Cedral and are pleased with it, although it's not been up long enough to comment on its long term durability.
I went for Hardie myself simply because it would be slightly easier to cut myself and obviously lighter when manhandling.
UPVC is IMO a bit 1980’s and there’s now much better and nicer looking products available.
smokey mow said:
Hardi-plank or cedral
We are literally having cement board cladding installed this week. Previous cladding was painted wood, that was deteriorating despite been less than 10 years old.We still have another week's worth of work left on the cladding for the rest of the house, but so far it's looks really good. The detailing up close looks nicer than wood which I'm surprised at. It's taking quite a while to install though by guys who know what they are doing, but that's party down to the shape of wall and the amount of trimming they are having to do.
gangzoom said:
We are literally having cement board cladding installed this week. Previous cladding was painted wood, that was deteriorating despite been less than 10 years old.
We still have another week's worth of work left on the cladding for the rest of the house, but so far it's looks really good. The detailing up close looks nicer than wood which I'm surprised at. It's taking quite a while to install though by guys who know what they are doing, but that's party down to the shape of wall and the amount of trimming they are having to do.
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Are you able/willing to share ball park figures for the work? Appreciate it’ll be variable but I’m going to have to replace my wood cladding in the near future and I’m curious the kind of costs I’ll be looking at. Looks great btw!We still have another week's worth of work left on the cladding for the rest of the house, but so far it's looks really good. The detailing up close looks nicer than wood which I'm surprised at. It's taking quite a while to install though by guys who know what they are doing, but that's party down to the shape of wall and the amount of trimming they are having to do.
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juggsy said:
Are you able/willing to share ball park figures for the work? Appreciate it’ll be variable but I’m going to have to replace my wood cladding in the near future and I’m curious the kind of costs I’ll be looking at. Looks great btw!
Hard for me to say cost because it's covered by our builders 'overall' quote, and our builder isn't the type that keeps an spreadsheet of invoices (for better or worse). But he essentially told me it cost him as much to clad as it did for silicon render, but that may be because his got a screw of chippies on this team versus having to pay/find someone to come and do the render. Figures of £60/sqm I think is what he mentioned.For our project it's 100% not a DIY job, the guys have been at it solidly 8am-5pm for the last 2 weeks, and still have over 50% of the work still to do.
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