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   thejazzlord
   Member

   Hi, I have a 2 storey house, northern Melbourne, built 1980. It is clad with Cedar, shiplap, vertical. It has been painted but not well maintained.

   The rear wall of the house faces south, has 6 windows in it and in their wisdom they decided to place the cedar on at 45 degrees. Looks great! Problem is, where the 45 degree joints impact windows water has got in and rotted away. This year I've started getting leaks in the windows and after an inspection today I realise I'm going to have to tackle this soonish (summer, warmer then).

   I could reclad in cedar, prime, paint etc. Will take a long time and be tricky - the house is two storey. It will need painting again in probably 7-10 years.

   Has anyone had experience with composite cladding? like this - http://www.permatimber.com.au/products/cladding/

   Benefits are long life, no painting, 'eco-friendly' due to use of recycled materials.

   Downsides are small colour choices, can't use half planks to finish edges (they have voids in them) and well, they might look like plastic!

   I'd be open to other ideas, I'd prefer something low / no maintenance, planks might be better as this wall has so many windows and fussy bits that large sheets would be hard to handle.

   I'd obviously prefer to use something with good environmental credentials.

   Mark

   Posted Saturday 9 Sep 2017 @ 3:42:03 am from IP #
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   Lance
   Key Master

   Got to say, if I were to reclad our weatherboard here in Tassie all at once (currently doing a wall section at a time, as time permits) I would just get some guys in and do the whole thing in colorbond, it's tough, lasts just about forever, or at least 25-30 years, zero maintenance except an occassional wash if needed, and no bloody painting!

   Posted Saturday 9 Sep 2017 @ 5:20:25 am from IP #
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   thejazzlord
   Member

   Its an idea, plent of colour options also. Will add it to the list!

   Posted Saturday 9 Sep 2017 @ 7:59:51 am from IP #
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   wlb
   Member

   I've been contemplating using Colorbond CustomOrb to re-clad our place. But the downside is all the exposed screw-heads. I've noticed over the years on our sheds, every screw or nail head seems to be home to a tiny little spider that spins his web for about a centimetre all around it, collecting dust and fragments of stuff. While not really a problem on a shed, it can make a visual mess of a nice clean Colorbond wall.

   Posted Saturday 9 Sep 2017 @ 8:15:06 am from IP #
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   thejazzlord
   Member

   There are steel options that use clips that fasten to battens, then the steel sheets clip on to these, like this - http://www.lysaght.com/products/longline-305

   It looks pretty amazing, Lance's comment got me thinking about this, its a real option, as the long lines of it will sit well against the long lines of the vertical Cedar.

   M

   Posted Saturday 9 Sep 2017 @ 8:20:11 am from IP #
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   wlb
   Member

   Thanks, but unfortunately you can't do that with Custom Orb; only the profiles like Cliplok and the one you found. Custom Orb is the traditional corrugated iron profile.

   Posted Saturday 9 Sep 2017 @ 9:53:41 am from IP #
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   Morbo
   Member

   isnt there hardy plank, some cement sheet of sorts, can get it in bullnose
   http://www.jameshardie.com.au/products/weatherboards/hardieplank-weatherboard/
   or maybe something like modwood for weatherboard, that stuff does not rot either

   Posted Saturday 9 Sep 2017 @ 11:18:47 am from IP #
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   AndyG
   Member

   I clad a fair portion of my current house (all the high stuff you can't easily get at later) with an Australian made aluminium composite cladding (fire rated...kind of important aspect these days) because it is recyclable and requires zero maintenance.
   Do it once and do it properly IMO

   Posted Saturday 9 Sep 2017 @ 10:21:14 pm from IP #
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   dave lawrence
   Member

   we used magnesium oxide cladding in the weatherboard profile. very happy with it . low maintenance. fire rated, non toxic. http://www.ubiq.com.au/ubiq-inexweatherboard.html
   We have not painted it at all. We fixed it to timber battens which went over the sarking which itself went over the studs, to create a cavity for extra protection from the weather and also have large eaves. Unusual technique in residential building in australia, but common in other countries

   Posted Saturday 9 Sep 2017 @ 10:51:44 pm from IP #
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    thejazzlord
    Member

    Thanks for the suggestions so far, @AndyG do you know the name of the product?

    Dave, I'll also look into the stuff you used.

    Posted Sunday 10 Sep 2017 @ 8:49:26 am from IP #

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