Which cladding and where from?
Discussion
I've had bit of my house rebuilt, its been built in blockwork.
the main bit of the house is 400ish years old, I was going to have the blockwork rendered, however I've been let down twice.
I'm thinking of cladding it now as render was just the 'easy' option.
the house is lime rendered, so i'll form an edge/join. The element thats block was only circa 120 years old.
thinking of oak feather edge. Any other ideas or links to picks of other options?
https://www.uk-timber.co.uk/featheredge/71-142595-...
the main bit of the house is 400ish years old, I was going to have the blockwork rendered, however I've been let down twice.
I'm thinking of cladding it now as render was just the 'easy' option.
the house is lime rendered, so i'll form an edge/join. The element thats block was only circa 120 years old.
thinking of oak feather edge. Any other ideas or links to picks of other options?
https://www.uk-timber.co.uk/featheredge/71-142595-...
Mr Squarekins said:
https://www.cedral.world/en-gb/cladding/our-produc...
Might give some inspiration. Also, pretty maintenance free.
Thanks but that stuff and plastic is just wrong IMO on anything over 20 years old. Might give some inspiration. Also, pretty maintenance free.
pidsy said:
No plastic!
Sawn Douglas Fir works out much cheaper than oak, has a more orange/brown colour to it initially though. Around £40 psqm
Oak would be best but is expensive- European oak does work out more cost effective- still looking around £90 psqm
This is based on a supplier we have used in London - find a timber merchant or mill local to you, pop down and have a chat. They can advise what might work best.
I did post this earlier but it ended up in a totally different thread.
Oak looks like £30 a sq m got 200mm feather edge?Sawn Douglas Fir works out much cheaper than oak, has a more orange/brown colour to it initially though. Around £40 psqm
Oak would be best but is expensive- European oak does work out more cost effective- still looking around £90 psqm
This is based on a supplier we have used in London - find a timber merchant or mill local to you, pop down and have a chat. They can advise what might work best.
I did post this earlier but it ended up in a totally different thread.
GasEngineer said:
Frankychops said:
Mr Squarekins said:
https://www.cedral.world/en-gb/cladding/our-produc...
Might give some inspiration. Also, pretty maintenance free.
Thanks but that stuff and plastic is just wrong IMO on anything over 20 years old. Might give some inspiration. Also, pretty maintenance free.
andya7 said:
Another option is European Cedar, about 1/3rd the cost of Canadian Western Red.
Used here as a rainscreen and will weather down to a ‘silver grey’, so no maintenance as such.
(that picture was taken around November, so with the dampness it looks a bit more ‘orange’ but if you want more recent photos then let me know)
paulrockliffe said:
GasEngineer said:
Frankychops said:
GasEngineer said:
Frankychops said:
Mr Squarekins said:
https://www.cedral.world/en-gb/cladding/our-produc...
Might give some inspiration. Also, pretty maintenance free.
Thanks but that stuff and plastic is just wrong IMO on anything over 20 years old. Might give some inspiration. Also, pretty maintenance free.
I used the Cedral to clad part of my house when I put a third story on the rear extensiony thing - there's loads of pictures on my build thread in the Wiki. It went on in 2019 and still just looks like new, apart from one area that has been subject to a drip where my gutter cap came off, there's a little green mark that needs whiping off. Otherwise, still aboslutely perfect and definietly doens't look like plastic.
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