Painting house & timber cladding

Leanne1812

Hello forum,

Hoping for some advice. My home, a bungalow, is half timber cladding on top and pebbledash render on bottom.

We normally use Johnstones Opaque for the wood but find it is needing redone every 2nd year. Any recommendations for a better paint? We do a light sand as it does crack a bit especially at the rear which is south facing. I prefer a satin finish and right now it's dark oak but I'm looking to change the colour to ebony.

We had the pebbledash completely redone 6 years ago but were never completely happy with the colour ( it's a yellow/gold colour) it's never been painted and we are looking to change it to white. Any advice about preparation etc. Hubby has already bought PVA glue to thin and use as a base and we have already bought weather shield masonry paint.

Many thanks for any help.

Leanne

jennifernil

We use Butinox on our timber. There are several different types (translucent, opaque etc) , so you need to check which one would suit you best.

Sadolin is also said to be good.

keystone

Leanne1812 wrote: »

Hoping for some advice. My home, a bungalow, is half timber cladding on top

Bedec multi-surface paint.

and pebbledash render on bottom.

sandtex or weathershield.

Any advice about preparation etc.

Scrub any growths off with a wirebrush. Treat any friable areas with stabilising solution first. First coat thin by 10- 15% with water and next two coats neat.

Hubby has already bought PVA glue to thin and use as a base

Nooooooooooooo! Send it back and banish him to the outer darkness too if he won't take it back. Water to thin and you don't need a separate primer of any description certainly not PVA unless you really want all the paint to peel off.

and we have already bought weather shield masonry paint.

Good.

Cheers

Leanne1812

Cheers folks, I'll check them both out. I have told hubby the PVA is to be banished!

eilidh_s

I use Sadolin Extra Durable. It's a bit expensive but it goes a very long way and I put four coats onto the wood about four years ago and I repainted this summer with just one coat. I live on the coast and the south and west sides of my house take a battering in the weather and it is usually covered in salt but paint lasted really well.

ed110220

I've just painted my house exterior which is not pebble dashed but is a very rough-cast render, and something to bear in mind is that the paint coverage is much less on a very irregular surface like that than what is quoted on the tin. I found I needed at least twice as much paint as was quoted and it's a pretty time-consuming process getting a complete coverage even with a long-pile roller.

Definitely use stabilising solution, not PVA!

nickj_2

keystone wrote: »

Bedec multi-surface paint.
Cheers

bedec also do a barn paint which is more suitable for cladding
water based , highly resistant to peeling , flaking , cracking , breathable and easy to put on

Leanne1812

I'm leaning towards the bedec multi paint. They have some nice colours and I'm having a new grey composite front door fitted so now I'm torn whether to paint the cladding dark grey or black.......decisions. Everyone in our area has brown and I'd like ours to be a wee bit different. The render will definately be white. Kind of New England maybe? Or maybe not! Any input much appreciated.

keystone

nickj wrote: »

bedec also do a barn paint which is more suitable for cladding
water based , highly resistant to peeling , flaking , cracking , breathable and easy to put on

You'm absolutely correct. Should have mentioned it. 10 mins on norty step for me then

Cheers