Which cladding and where from?

[Frankychops]

skeeterm5 said:

We have an extension call in Scottish Larch and laid in a board on board pattern. It looks great and will weather down to a slightly grey/silvery colour.

We bought from a local saw mill.

I've looked at Larch, that'd work also.

[Simpo Two]

pidsy said:

Simpo Two said:

How about cedar shingles? I wouldn't use them on a roof as they'll eventually rot, but very good on walls.

They would work. I’ve seen them used in cladding.

It’s a very different visual appearance to true cladding.

Well, it's cladding in that they're nailed onto battens (and triple overlapped so water doesn't get through) , but they do have a more rustic look. Part of my house had timber cladding from new; when it started looking bad I nailed cedar shingles on top. That was 20 years ago - they acquire a certain 'patina' with time but don't rot if used vertically.

[andya7]

Apologies for the sh*t tip of a site… European cedar on the upper level (built on a hill so GL at the front) with Corten on the lower ground.

Obviously still work in progress…

Backs on to a golf course, trees, etc. so needed a ‘natural’ appearance on the upper level (can’t really see the lower from the golf course as it has trees/hedge for privacy…

[OutInTheShed]

Where my parents lived, there were a lot of late 60s houses with cedar cladding.
By the early/mid 80s, they were looking pretty crap.

It's a style imported from places with colder drier winters.

[paulrockliffe]

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.

What about the woodgrain rather than smooth versions. Those I've seen look like wood. Difficult to tell apart even when you are very close.

I can spot them a mile off, the grain patterns don’t help

You must be looking at different types to me then !

They are, the ones linked to are made of cement. They don't look like plastic at all.

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.

[Frankychops]

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.

What about the woodgrain rather than smooth versions. Those I've seen look like wood. Difficult to tell apart even when you are very close.

I can spot them a mile off, the grain patterns don’t help

You must be looking at different types to me then !

They are, the ones linked to are made of cement. They don't look like plastic at all.

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.

if it doesn't age, it looks like plastic. Its good in the right application, just not on an older house.

[Steve H]

Frankychops said:

skeeterm5 said:

We have an extension call in Scottish Larch and laid in a board on board pattern. It looks great and will weather down to a slightly grey/silvery colour.

We bought from a local saw mill.

I've looked at Larch, that'd work also.

Larch or cedar would work well, waney edge is the best for budget just because you are using pretty much the whole tree. Easy to put up, zero treatment even on green timber and it ages in nicely but at the lowest cost you need to be ok with a fairly rustic result.

[Frankychops]

Thanks all, went for some 200mm larch FE in the end. I'll use Oak for the trim pieces where needed.

£588 exc for the 240 Linear M needed.