cladding

So last year I purchased a log cabin/summerhouse. We had some heavy rain last night and it drives into corners and I can see this never ever bring sorted. I think it was badly built in first place. The interlocking sections in corners have slight gaps where water is getting in, I'm sick of it...

Zclad 2 by Richard Hamlett posted 6 Sep 2018 at 11:54 AMZ Clad 1 by Richard Hamlett posted 6 Sep 2018 at 11:54 AMHi Guys, So recently bought some exterior wall cladding (Zclad) spent about £350.00 on adhesive, treatment and the cladding. It's all fallen off, I contacted the company who say...

The outside of my unusual conservatory needs finishing. Above the doors is a 152 mm steel beam (approx. 4.3 m), which has the grey factory coating. On top of the steel are aluminium window frames - with no sill - in RAL 7016. They are only a few mm behind the front of the flange of the steel...

Not sure if this is the best forum for this query, but hope someone can advise. After much deliberation, I decided to clad my garden studio in ply sheets and some cedar as an added feature. I will cut the ply sheets so they have a shadow gap between each one so will definitely need to treat...

About to wrap my timber framed garden office with the breathable membrane and battens but am unsure how the edge detail is finished with an EPDM roof. The cold roof rafters end flush with the stud wall rather than any overhang. If I go by the limited diagrams seen so far (see attached), then...

Hi, I need some advice if possible on the best type of membrane for a timber framed structure for a garden office. I was going to have the stud wall, membrane, battens, then ply cladding sealed with Osmo oil. Parts of the cladding might be open joint cladding with vertical battens, but am...

I'm thinking about materials to clad my garden room in and was going for ply panels or battens which I want to stain/paint black. Ideally with ply I'd like to see some wood grain through it, but am confused about the different types of ply. Marine ply is too expensive and possibly overkill, WBP...

Hi, Recently had a new 16x10 summer house put up. Got power in there already and would like it all clad to keep it warm and dry inside. It's a 70mm thick frame clad with log-lap. I have 50mm thick Celotex sheets. do i have to put any other stuff down first? air gaps? I hear you have to tape...

Hi All During the refurb of our house we will be fitting cladding to the top half and re-rendering the bottom half. The current finish is pretty horrendous render as shown in the picture. As horrible as it is to look at it is all sound and rock hard still so I am loathed to chip it all off and...

Hello, This is my first post so I hope it makes sense. Thanks in advance for your responses. Ok so I am in the process of building a 6mx2.4m half shed half summer house. Stud walls are up EPDM roof on. The next step is the cladding, I am aware of how I should clad i.e. Exterior cladding...

Hi All, Have found great advice on these forums without having to ask any questions before but now the time has come for me to finally be stumped and have to ask :) I have a brick built outhouse which I am going to sort out to be used as a gym. It does have damp proof membrane in the floor but...

Hi, Does anyone know where I could get these exact tiles from? This sample is from Al-murad, however each time I go in their price changes. Was trying to find like for like online so I can compare pricing. Thanks

Howdy, Short version: I want to build a 500mm wide door out of cladding only. Can I? Longer version: I'm building some new frameless kitchen cabinets and the missus likes the frameless vertical groove pattern look she saw at ikea. I assumed we would only put in drawers so I went and bought...

Hi all I want to replace a load of panelling on my old shed. I've found some shiplap to match what's there but it's softwood and untreated. What's the best stuff to use to give it a good 10 years of life outside in the wet? Can I use creosote? Or is there something more suitable? Olly

We are busy renovating a property built in the 1930s. As we go along we inevitably find things that are a bit surprising, forcing us to change our initial plans. We would like to ask for advice on what the best course of action is to clad the upstairs area under the roof. The situation The...