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Is Cladding always a problem?
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I'm ashamed to say I don't fully understand the whole situation with cladding and the issues it's causing. I understand it's to do with Grenfell and the situation there and in terms of flats, however, is this across the board of houses too and what does it affect and not affect?
We are in the process of drawing up plans for a small side extension but we wanted to look at timber cladding across the new side extension and then also continuing it around what is currently a not very attractive 70s flat roof ground floor extension to our cottage (lots of different types of brick etc). The cottage itself is 1900 and we wanted to tie the 70s extension and new extension in to the cottage with something that seemed appropriate to sit next to the cottage itself.
Is this going to be a potential problem for future selling on? The alternative might be render if it's a safer option but we prefer the look of the timber cladding.
Thanks
I'm ashamed to say I don't fully understand the whole situation with cladding and the issues it's causing. I understand it's to do with Grenfell and the situation there and in terms of flats, however, is this across the board of houses too and what does it affect and not affect?
We are in the process of drawing up plans for a small side extension but we wanted to look at timber cladding across the new side extension and then also continuing it around what is currently a not very attractive 70s flat roof ground floor extension to our cottage (lots of different types of brick etc). The cottage itself is 1900 and we wanted to tie the 70s extension and new extension in to the cottage with something that seemed appropriate to sit next to the cottage itself.
Is this going to be a potential problem for future selling on? The alternative might be render if it's a safer option but we prefer the look of the timber cladding.
Thanks
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No, it was specific type of cladding. Wood is okay as are the numerous other types currently on the market. If in doubt, contact the local building control.30th June 2021 completely debt free…. Downsized, reduced working hours and living the dream.0
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The cladding issue is only for buildings of multiple occupants, usually more then 11m high, so does not affect houses.0
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