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ᐅ New Exterior Cladding – Which Material to Choose?

Created on: 4 Mar 2020 23:50
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Our house was built in 2013... unfortunately, the rhombus-shaped cladding is not of the best quality, quite the opposite. The façade faces south, and the same cladding was used on the north side at the entrance, where it actually looks much better. Over the past few years, my husband has climbed the scaffolding twice to refresh the wood with some kind of stain or gel. ... The wood is too low-quality to just gray naturally; I believe it is spruce (unfortunately, during the selection process we only focused on price, not the wood quality. I constantly warn others about this in the forum).

Before we move forward with the new terrace roofing (regular readers will know what I mean), we want to replace the cladding with something that looks similar.

Any tips? We were thinking of WPC or a similar material for about 4.5sqm (48 sq ft).

Since today, we have a request posted on MyHammer.

What do you think?
What might the work cost?

Or does it not actually need replacing and is supposed to look cracked like this?

Modern white house façade with wood cladding and large windows

Modern white façade with large glass sliding doors on the ground floor and wooden slat cladding.

Closed horizontal wooden blinds on a light gray exterior wall.
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Lumpi_LE5 Mar 2020 15:59
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The spruce will last at least another 10 years. If you have some DIY skills, you can replace it yourself with larch. Try searching for Trendliner.
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guckuck25 Mar 2020 16:22
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ypg schrieb:

Larch? Then it will naturally turn gray, right? Then we won’t have to worry?

@Nordlys
Spruce.... we’ll have trouble sooner or later if we leave it like that, won’t we? We definitely don’t want to climb up there again... my poor husband is over 60 oops:

Yes, larch will turn gray. You can even install it without any stain.
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Nordlys5 Mar 2020 17:26
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If you don’t maintain spruce, it will cause problems, yes. If that’s the goal, go with larch. But as I said, you can also choose to do nothing. If you don’t know what to do with your money: Volksbank xy No. DE .......
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guckuck25 Mar 2020 17:36
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You can also replace the few slats yourself. Pre-drill holes. There are also tongue-and-groove boards available in a rhombus style.
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ypg1 Jun 2020 14:50
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Completed three weeks ago.
The battens were installed by a local carpenter using these HPL panels.
You probably don’t want to know the price...
The terrace is not furnished yet because the terrace roof is being installed tomorrow.

Modern house facade with terrace, two loungers, closed sun umbrella, and garden in evening light.


Modern house facade with orange panels and large glass sliding doors, terrace and garden chairs
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ivenh01 Jun 2020 20:09
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Color is a matter of personal taste, but overall it looks great. Of course, we want to know the price.