Best person to fix cladding on wall coming away and costs?

meggles88

Hi all apologies for my ignorance. Our house has vertical cladding installed on the outside by the previous occupants. During the summer we noticed the bifold doors were sticking on the cladding presumably due to heat expansion, however one of the cladding pieces by the door (corner piece) has come away or the past few weeks where the door has been catching it. I’d love to fix myself however the cladding runs all the way to the 1st floor and wouldn’t feel confident doing this myself. We have no idea who installed it, may have even been a DIY job! I’m not even sure who is the best type of trader to fix this! Builder? General maintenance person or other? Does anyone have experience with getting repairs and is it expensive? 

MikeJXE

Is it possible to sand/saw/ plane the edge of the wood to cure the problem ?

meggles88

MikeJXE said:

Is it possible to sand/saw/ plane the edge of the wood to cure the problem ?

I forgot to mention it’s composite cladding! 

MikeJXE

You can saw that type 

ThisIsWeird

meggles88 said:

Hi all apologies for my ignorance. Our house has vertical cladding installed on the outside by the previous occupants. During the summer we noticed the bifold doors were sticking on the cladding presumably due to heat expansion, however one of the cladding pieces by the door (corner piece) has come away or the past few weeks where the door has been catching it. I’d love to fix myself however the cladding runs all the way to the 1st floor and wouldn’t feel confident doing this myself. We have no idea who installed it, may have even been a DIY job! I’m not even sure who is the best type of trader to fix this! Builder? General maintenance person or other? Does anyone have experience with getting repairs and is it expensive? 

Hi Meggles.
A photo always helps, so we can see if it's straight forward, or whether there are other issues involved.
But, a general house maintenance person should be able to tackle this.
However, whatever caused the cladding to make contact with the bi-folds, and ditto to loosen that plank, will need addressing too. 

meggles88

I’ve managed to clip part of it back on so not looking to bad, it’s hard to get a decent photograph to be fair due to the length of it but see below! Thanks for your help all  

gzoom

The rest of the cladding looks fine, you need a chippie (or anyone who has installed composite boards before). It'll be a clip or something that's come losses. The Edge trim is the last thing that was fitted to our composite cladding, it was installed with a combination of glue and clips.

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ThisIsWeird

meggles88 said:

I’ve managed to clip part of it back on so not looking to bad, it’s hard to get a decent photograph to be fair due to the length of it but see below! Thanks for your help all  

It looks as tho' part of the 'tongue' has broken off where that last loose board has joined its neighbour. Not really a problem - I'm sure a bead of tough sealant (eg StixAll) will sort that.
However, first you'll need to sort the issue of that last board being too wide, or else it'll keep getting caught by the door.
So, almost certainly that L-shaped end trim piece will need coming off first. Can you look behind it as in that second photo, to see how it joins to the cladding? I'd hope it'll have a slot that simply fits over the cladding board, tho' it might be help in place with adhesive or sealant - try and see.
Anyhoo, that end trim will need pulling off to expose the edge of that last board. That edge will then need trimming enough to clear the door. That board is then glued back into place, ensuring it's sealed to its neighbour, and will likely be fixed in place using screws or nails down it's RH side, which will then be hidden by the end trim.
Finally, the end trim is pushed back into place.
Potentially a very simple repair.

ThisIsWeird

As Meggles oops, gzoom says, if you are getting a handyperson or joiner or builder to sort it, make sure they are familiar with 'cladding'.

meggles88

Thanks all sounds like it could be relatively simple fix. Thanks all once again for sharing tips and thoughts ) 

Ectophile

It looks like somebody glued it on originally.  No sign of nails or screws.  In which case, one of those big tubes of grab adhesive from a builders' merchant or DIY store may be enough.

Make sure you get one of the "guns" that the tube slots into.