I'm considering using cement fibre board, or cement particle board as cladding for a part of my shed. Has anyone got any experience of using this externally?
As a note, I'm not looking at Hardie board or similar, aiming to use the large 2.4 X 1.2m sheets like cempanel.
Greetings,
I have a few questions and I'm hoping Reddit can help me out with here.
I have some wallpaper that is not coming off without major scarring to the plasterboard underneath.
Can I use 4.5mm fibre cement sheeting over the wallpapered plasterboard?
The room will primarily be used as a study.
Will using fibre cement sheeting make the room feel colder than using plasterboard?
Is it generally a smooth finished product that is ready for painting once it is up?
Your advice is appreciated. Cheers.
Hi, We are looking for our first home and decided to make an offer for a place. However, the cladding is made of fibre-cement and a friend advised me to stay away due to leaky homes issue. The cladding is a James Hardie product.
It was build around 90s and the interior of the house needs some work, such as painting and carpet change, which we are okay with. But if a leak damage to the structure is more than likely, we probably will not go ahead with an offer.
The vendor did not provide a builders report (I will pre condition this), but want to get your thoughts on this.
Thanks
Would you/did you/did you wish you hadn’t buy/bought a house with a fibre-cement type cladding (not monolithic)? Built in the ‘80s, so high chance it contains asbestos. Looking for general advice please :)
Hi team.
Does anyone know whether "pre-cladding" can be used as an external cladding on an detatched garage?
I'm recladding one side of my garage. The old hard board has water damage and has split. Wanted to replace it with fibre cement as it's cheap - doesn't need to look pretty, it just needs to work. The dude at the timber yard sold me James Hardie RAB board, said it was used externally. Turns out it's a "pre cladding" not a "cladding". I'm not sure what the difference between the two is, practically. The websites I've read just say this stuff is used in conjunction with veneer, weather board, bricks, other external cladding, etc..
Anyone know whether I can just paint it with an exterior paint to seal it and move on, or does it need another external cladding layer? What long term issues could I expect if I choose not to put an extra layer on? Is there anything cheap I can do to make it work, as another layer is more than I have budgeted for...?
It's not going to be lived in or anything, just a workshop, basic gym, car park, sort of thing...
Thanks in advance.
We have a couple of damaged weatherboards on our house, they are made of fibre cement.
How easy is it to remove one and replace it? All the broken ones at at the bottom. What should I use to fill the joints where the old product has fallen out?
As per the title. Is this too thin? There is currently no thicker sheet locally available.
On the exterior of the house the board will not be tiled or clad, it will be sealed and painted, so will not hold any weight.
Thanks you!
edit: Im in a remote region in an African country so we need to be a flexible with 'best practice' based on locally available materials.
