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Cladding An Existing Shed.
At the mo we have an 8' x 6' wooden shed. We paint it regularly, but it's starting to look a bit tired now (I'm guessing we had it built around 18 years ago).
I don't want to be taking panels off and replacing them individually, so I'm just wondering if there's something I can fix over the existing wood that would suffice ..... ideally something that doesn't need painting .... maybe something that looks like wood but is made of plastic/composite.
I'm considering knocking it down and building a plastic shed. I'm awaiting a price for a new concrete base to be laid ..... I'm guessing the total price with foundation and shed is going to be in the region of £1500.
The shed itself is basically sound, I re-felted the roof a few years ago with a heavy duty felt and the roof overhangs on all 4 sides, so I could fix the cladding so no water would run down the inside.
Does anyone have any ideas of anything I could use?? I'm a half decent DIYer so I'd be doing it myself :)
Thanks in advance.
Answers
This is what I used on mine, Giz...
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Or, you could use this...
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Although they don't supply trims easpecially for openings, I guess one of their verge or edge profiles could be used.
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I just formed lead flashings around mine. Probably a bit costly, but it's there forever 🙂
It will go around bends, but 90 degrees (neatly) maybe a little tricky unless you soften it with a blowlamp as you go.
Instead, you could use the 'Onduline Verge trim' or (my preference), uPVC angle (90 degrees). Comes in various sizes and colours.
You could just have the two butt-ends meeting over an underbatten, and then run a hefty bead of silicon sealer down the join. If you can... bed the butts down first with a silicon bead, then join the whole thing up with a final bead on top.
I wouldn't do it that way for a house or workshop, but I think it's fine for a shed.
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