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The UK rainscreen wall cladding market has seen reduced demand from key end-use sectors since 2017, recording only modest growth of 13%.
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How to Install External Cladding – Capel #18
Robin shows you how to install Thermowood exterior cladding at the Capel Build with some little tricks and tips including some preparation work with the HB42 Eco-foil ’All-in-One’ sealant and adhesive.
Read More »Capel Build Part 5 – Robin’s cladding vlog update
In this fifth video from the Capel Build series Robin Clevett gives us a solo update vlog while Roger is away on holiday and we take a look at his approach to cladding. Robin is currently doing the exterior cladding for the summer house. Robin explains the importance of ventilation and airspace when assembling your tongue and groove cladding. Lots …
Read More »Insurance Associaton calls for overhaul of Building Regulations including a ban on combustible cladding
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called for a change to the confusing and outdated fire safety regulations and a clearer framework of responsibility for all those in the protection of buildings from fire. Responding to Independent Review on Building Regulations and Fire Safety, led by Dame Judith Hackitt, the ABI says action is required by the government to …
Read More »One man cladding device review
Roger Bisby spends a day out on site with James Gibbens inventor of Cladman. I had seen Cladman featured in Inventors Corner in an issue of Professional Builder and it whetted my appetite. I have done more than my fair share of cladding and weather boarding and for me it has always been a two man job. Nothing wrong with …
Read More »The Cladman One Man Cladding Device
Roger Bisby meets James Gibbons, from Sitebuddyz, suppliers of a device called the Cladman which turns the job of putting up sidings or claddings from a two man job into a one man job. With one person cutting and one person fixing, Sitbuddyz estimates you can complete jobs at three times the speed it normally takes. Acting as a second …
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