mickeyS

It never had any cover strips on either....

Hopefully photos here had to resize them so not sure about quality.

Hi, thanks for the quick responses. The house is timber built with two blockwork end walls which have been harled. The structure seems to be (!) From inside.. plasterboard fixed to 4inch stud which has then been sheathed I think with ply. This has then got battens, not sure how thick, to which some OSB has been added. Then building paper and the cladding has been put straight onto the OSB. You may see from photos that the boards are coming off in places and paper is disintegrating. My thinking is to take it back to the ply, add new battens with some more insulation then paper batten and clad. For some reason I'm having trouble putting a photo on from my phone so I'll try another route!

Been living in a self built (by someone else) house now for 25 years and its still standing despite its rather unconventional style. The time has come to replace the original cladding (doulas fir? stained so difficult for me to tell), and as there's only 100mm of insulation I'm going to add a little bit more. Interested to hear if anyone has done likewise, and what products they used. Was looking for something like hemp to keep the green credentials of the house in tact! Looking forward to hearing any ideas.

Been living in a self built (by someone else) house now for 25 years and its still standing despite its rather unconventional style. The time has come to replace the original cladding (doulas fir? stained so difficult for me to tell), and as there's only 100mm of insulation I'm going to add a little bit more. Interested to hear if anyone has done likewise, and what products they used. Was looking for something like hemp to keep the green credentials of the house in tact! Looking forward to hearing any ideas.