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Post by Sirrob01 on Jan 9, 2012 21:33:52 GMT -9
I know odd spot to discuss this but it's sort of like papercraft anyways I'm about to have all the cladding removed from the outside of the house. Once it's gone I plan on insulating all the walls and then re-cladding. I'm a bit torn on re-cladding options, I can go with 15mm insulated PVC weatherboards to add extra insulation and give the house the painted cottage look or I can blue board the whole thing and try my hand at cement/acrylic rendering. I'm fairly good with building stuff, plastering etc, but never done any rendering anyone tried it and if so how tough was it? I may just go the weatherboards as I've used them before, but then my house has a tiled roof so adding a cemented outer layer will give it a more solid look.... cost for both seems about the same, extra insulation addition by each cladding method is likewise about the same...
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Post by Parduz on Jan 9, 2012 22:06:00 GMT -9
I'd call Dave and see what texture he can sort out Sorry, i could'nt resist Sadly i have no experience at all in that stuffs
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Post by old squirmydad on Jan 9, 2012 22:20:03 GMT -9
Done both, weatherboards are much easier to work with, imho. Get some cement/acrylic and play with it first to get a feel for the product, you might like it, but don't experiment on the house.
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Post by WaffleM on Jan 10, 2012 9:14:01 GMT -9
I've done weatherboards or cement siding on a Habitat for Humanity house and it was fairly easy to work with: cut to length/shape easily and went up quickly with two people (one holder, one nailer).
But I agree with squirmy, get a sheet of blue or pink insulation foam and a small quantity of the cement of your choice to test it out. This can help you figure out if the color you've mixed is acceptable as well. This makes for a small cost to find out whether you like it or not.
The Mrs. and I just put cedar shingles on a chicken coop and that was a lot of fun to work with. But as they were D-Grade shingles (the cheap ones) and the chickens weren't going to complain, I'm not sure if I'd tackle this on a house. Good shingles are too pricey in our area.
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Post by Sirrob01 on Jan 11, 2012 1:58:14 GMT -9
Thanks both appreciate the thoughts, I'll get a small amount and have a play around. Parduz I wish I could just wrap the house in a Dave texture
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Post by cobra on Jan 11, 2012 3:34:10 GMT -9
In multiple layers, including a winter texture
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Post by Vermin King on Jan 12, 2012 14:20:00 GMT -9
I suppose you could practice on the dog house
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Post by Sirrob01 on Jan 14, 2012 2:51:46 GMT -9
no way spent to long cutting all those wooden boards to the correct length and angle
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Post by Sirrob01 on May 18, 2012 17:15:20 GMT -9
So I've been MIA over the past 3 weeks as the external cladding has come off the house and I've been stuffing insulation and hanging sarkin to make it weather tight. Few quick picys Before the cladding was removed: All gone, unsure why but for some reason they put sarkin behind the plasterboard on the house, as far as I'm aware this is very odd especially down under: part way through stuffing the R2.5 soundscreen into the front wall: Haven't taken one with the house fully sarked although it looks better in blue sarkin than it ever did in yellow fibro... Still a fair bit to go so I'll be MIA a bit longer
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Post by old squirmydad on May 18, 2012 18:23:47 GMT -9
Nice house, reminds me a bit of Cowra. I hated replacing fiberglass insulation when I was a kid, the newer materials are so much easier to work with. Best of luck!
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