Cladding An Existing Shed.

[Gizmonster]

At the mo we have an 8' x 6' wooden shed.  We paint it regularly, but it's starting to look a bit tired now (I'm guessing we had it built around 18 years ago).

I don't want to be taking panels off and replacing them individually, so I'm just wondering if there's something I can fix over the existing wood that would suffice ..... ideally something that doesn't need painting .... maybe something that looks like wood but is made of plastic/composite.

I'm considering knocking it down and building a plastic shed. I'm awaiting a price for a new concrete base to be laid ..... I'm guessing the total price with foundation and shed is going to be in the region of £1500.

The shed itself is basically sound, I re-felted the roof a few years ago with a heavy duty felt and the roof overhangs on all 4 sides, so I could fix the cladding so no water would run down the inside.

Does anyone have any ideas of anything I could use??  I'm a half decent DIYer so I'd be doing it myself  :)

Thanks in advance.

[melv16]

I did mine with tongue and groove cladding,  then painted it with zinzeer allcoat satin finish in mallard  green. 

[melv16]

I should have said shiplap cladding. 

[Gizmonster]

I'm assuming you used wood shiplap cladding as I've been looking at that, but I'm trying to get out of repainting it every year.

Do you know if there's anything avaialble in plastic/composite, or something similar that won't rot/rust and need painting every year??

[melv16]

If you use zinzeer paint you should get away painting it every 5yrs. 

 

[Gizmonster]

Ah okay thanks.  I'll consider that if I can't find exactly what I'm looking for  :)

[The Builder]

This is what I used on mine, Giz...

https://www.roofingmegastore.co.uk/box-profile-roofing-sheet-32-1000-0-5mm-0-7mm-polyester-paint-coating.html?___store=default&;utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=1603959055&utm_term=&utm_content=305225239432&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwp4m0BhBAEiwAsdc4aNQ5aUGC2C4Emb9b7zBqHxNO7wBQ1LavFo3hYjfvPjXOioWctgS4axoCBMwQAvD_BwE

Or, you could use this...

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Onduline-Classic-Black-Bitumen-Corrugated-Roof-Sheet---950-x-2000-x-3mm/p/240039?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwp4m0BhBAEiwAsdc4aMrrbEUbuum4IywPjfxBYEwDOExy-2AlwHvljywxH61Ust-NvRHdBBoC1CEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Atheist]

Buider; I re-roofed my previous shed with Ondline. Very good. I didn't know it could be used for vertical cladding. How would you deal with window openings?

[The Builder]

Although they don't supply trims easpecially for openings, I guess one of their verge or edge profiles could be used.

https://www.ondulineshop.com/Catalogue/ACCESSORIES

I just formed lead flashings around mine. Probably a bit costly, but it's there forever  🙂

[Gizmonster]

Cheers for that.

The Onduline looks okay - I'm just wondering if it's flexible enough to bend around the corner of the shed so I can overlap them all the way round, of if I'd need to butt them up to each other at the corners and seal them together??

[The Builder]

It will go around bends, but 90 degrees (neatly) maybe a little tricky unless you soften it with a blowlamp as you go. 

Instead, you could use the 'Onduline Verge trim' or (my preference), uPVC angle (90 degrees). Comes in various sizes and colours.

You could just have the two butt-ends meeting over an underbatten, and then run a hefty bead of silicon sealer down the join. If you can... bed the butts down first with a silicon bead, then join the whole thing up with a final bead on top.

I wouldn't do it that way for a house or workshop, but I think it's fine for a shed.

[Gizmonster]

Cheers for that.

I'm still not sure what we're doing yet - it all depends on how much a new concrete base is going to cost !!!!

[The Builder]

Before yoou settle on concrete Giz, Google 'shed base frame.'

Could be timber; steel; plastic mounted on timber/steel 'piles' driven into the ground. Many have adjustable legs to allow for settlement later.

[Atheist]

Builder; Thanks for your advice on how to flash under a window.