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Insurance for timber clad building

Bancroft
in Self Build Insurance

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I've heard/read of people having issues getting buildings insurance for self builds that are fully clad in timber.


Most of the posts I've seen on this site are a few years old and so quite soon after Grenfell when the insurance market was still in flux.

 

We're planning on building a 210sq m single storey house in ICF with a metal seamed roof.

 

At the moment we're planning on 100% timber cladding but I am considering the option of about 40-50% seamed metal cladding on the rear of the building instead for ease of getting insurance.

 

Has anyone got any recent experience of how insurance companies are reacting to buildings totally clad in timber?

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