cedar wood cladding for loft dormer

[sparkybird]

Hi everyone!

It's me again. I'll probably be hanging out here for a while as I'm planning a loft extension...
Had a couple of quotes back and noticed that one had specficed that the dormer would be clad in cedar wood.

My questions is, is this any better/worse than normal tiles?

Thanks

SB

PS Regarding my previous post, I am waiting for a roofer to have a look at my roof to see if it needs replaceing or just felting - thanks for suggestions

 

[Nige F]

Hi everyone!

clad in cedar wood.



SB

PS Regarding my previous post, I am waiting for a roofer to have a look at my roof to see if it needs replaceing or just felting - thanks for suggestions

Dunno, but it used to make me a right bird puller in the 70`s ... much better than BRUT

 

[sparkybird]

Yea but you really can't beat a splash of Old Spice, now can you?

 

[Nige F]

Arggh, you got me humming that Old Spice music now ...worse still, the X factor use it Do you know what happened to the Avon Lady ..... Max Factor

 

[justlead1]

Hi. Think the idea is using materials that when completed requires no maintenance. Cedar being a timber that conforms. sheet lead is used for similar reasons but sheet zinc sheet seems to have found favor with specifiers of late. Good Luck

 

[dextrous]

Wouldn't recommend that you have the dormer clad using tiles though - tend to have a habit of blowing off more that any other cladding material I can think of

 

[datarebal]

personally i would opt fpr plain tiles unless the character of the poperty requires cedar (Cedar is good)
Plain tiles on vertical is absolutely fine if corectly fixed.