Thursday, June 18, 2009

External Cladding

There are a variety of different materials used for external cladding, here I have used corrigated colourbond iron sheeting.  

At the framing stage of this build noggins were put in at 300mm, 1200mm, and 2100mm in order to fix the iron sheeting verticaly to. 
The windows , door frames have been fitted and sisalation paper has been fitted. I started the first sheet at the far corner using a 2m spirit level to ensure that the first sheet was plumb making sure to mark the line if noggins on sheet ready for the next.



Using a pair of electric nibblers I cut the sheets around all windows and doors.(only 2 full sheets on this 25m wall) note correct P.P.E ie eye and ear protection, high vis clothing ect.

When cutting around the windows the sheet is cut into two pieces, so to ensure that the "top" and "bottom" sheets would again line up I marked a plumb line on the window.
 
Fixing the sheet to frame work was done with screws on each lap, going back later to screw off using a spirit level to mark a straight line. 
  
Once wall was sheeted corners were capt with a 200mmx200mm colourbond flashing and fixed with pop rivets.

Finished!

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