Recladding your home is the best way to keep your home attractive and well-protected. It is therefore important to know when to reclad your home.
Why you might reclad your home
There are numerous reasons why people reclad their homes – a need to fix damage from a leaky home crisis and so on. If you find symptoms such as warped flooring, leaks or mould, bulging or cracked walls, persistent allergy systems or musty smells then it shows that your house may be suffering from problems with weather tightness.
It is not all about a leaky home
It may just be that you need to refresh your exterior – replacing your dated plasterboard with a modern weatherboard. People do not reclad just because of problems with weather tightness. You could reclad your home if you want to revamp the look of your home.
Full vs. partial recladding
If you want to go ahead and install cladding for buildings or reclad your home, you have two main choices – you can do full or partial recladding. With a full recladding, all the cladding on your house is replaced while with partial recladding, only specific areas are replaced.
Benefits of full recladding
This type of recladding fixes all possible damage, and stops buyers from thinking that you are hiding damages behind partial reclads and so on. It also gives you the chance to adjust the cladding features of your house such as eaves and flashings as well as improve thermal efficiency and weather tightness.
Cons of a full reclad
While a full recladding project has a lot of benefits as mentioned above, it will disrupt the living patterns of your home because it can take weeks to complete the project. It is also more expensive compared to a partial reclad and this means that you have to have all the necessary resources to complete the project.
