Previously replaced in untreated softwood, the cladding of this terrace cottage had cupped, checked and worked it’s way from the render.
Traditionally, this cladding detail, often associated with late Victorian and Arts and Crafts styles, would have been fitted before rendering. By cutting a chamfer onto the planks, the render effectively forms a dovetail with the cladding, helping stop cupping and fixing it in place
After carefully removing the cladding, we needed to tidy up the wall behind to ensure we had a good fixing medium and made the decorators job a little easier by giving the render a coat of white paint.
We could then fit the replacement cladding, ensuring a solid fixing using stainless screws.
For this job, we were also asked to replace the existing casement windows, which we did in pressure treated pine with hardwood sills.
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