Cladding for garden room

have a garden room:

sick and tired of painting this every year.. ya can see in parts where the paint just washers off..

I was think could you clad the walls with metal for example? Or something else.?

Maybe something like this:

Would that work?

monseiur

It can be done - windows & doors would have to be taken out & refitted with metal flashing. Also the edging strip on corners would have to go and metal edge flashing fitted. The barges & fascia need to be done too. You can go with the one colour or for contrast fit, say, dark brown cladding and cream flashings, edge trim, fascia & barge etc.

Lumen

Maybe the problem is that you're not painting it, you're staining it.

I have outside stuff that was painted properly (not by me!) probably 10-15 years ago, hasn't been touched since and looks fine.

Kaybaykwah

You could just touch up the bare spots and not worry about it too much. It seems to be semi-transparent and has become more opaque with the coatings subsequent to the original finish. One less expensive way would be to coat with another opaque stain after washing with a good pressure washer. Give it a good opaque stain in the same colour or not, and see how that goes next year, then it might be easier to just touch up without being apparent. This would be a lot less expensive than cladding it in aluminum. It looks fine by the way…

babaracus

Use an oil based paint like Protectafence or similar. It looks like you are using something like Ronseal Fence Life or some other water based stain. That stuff is about as useful as wiping a tea bag on the surface. 2 coats of an oil based paint for wood and you won't need to look at it again for years.

Thanks all for the replies..

I used the paint they provided when I got it for the first few years, then got some sh*t in Lidl (that’s prob my problem!) not sure if water based or oil..

will have a look into it, do t want to go down the route of pressure washing..

If I got proper stuff, would it have to be pressure washed first..?

Lumen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122224549#Comment_122224549

I wouldn't pressure wash it, that will just drive moisture into the wood.

Buy a decent product and follow the instructions.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122224522#Comment_122224522

Seems tricky enough to source oil based paint, looking online in the usual spots like Woodies / B&Q, and their all water based.

The Protectafence stuff, they dont seem to have a wide selection of colours in oil based :)

https://www.brosnapaints.ie/product-category/fence-paint/

Lumen

IMO it doesn't much matter whether it's water or oil-based, as long as it's actual paint rather than stain.

Paint is, as I understand it, basically a liquid emulsion which dries into a thin layer of plastic. The oil or water is just the base for the emulsion and will dry off anyway. Stain doesn't form that plastic layer, it's more like a simple dye.

For instance, Dulux do Weathershield (water-based) and Sikkens Rubbol (oil-based) both of which can be used on exterior wood…

https://www.weathershield.ie/en/faq

…provided that you carefully follow the instructions.

Your best bet is to go into a proper paint shop (not Woodies!) and ask for advice.

Fence "paint" isn't what you want. Nobody in their right mind paints a fence, so what is called fence "paint" is usually just a stain and mild wood preserver.

Mr321

If it was mine I'd go over every panel and grove with sandpaper to make sure theres no flaky bits and anywhere the paint has come off go that little bit harder with the sand paper so freshen up the wood. Then a good coat of boiled linseed oil on it all. Will come out well and hopefully soak into the timber and preserve it.

The cladding route would be hardship and not worth it for the size of the cabin

doctorchopper

Have a look at cement board cladding, it's expensive but looks very well

@Lumen

Thanks for all the replies,

I think I will be going for the paint option, in hindsight and from comments above I think the cladding would end up be alot of work and very expensive..

I checked what I was using before and it was a stain.. fair enough..

@Lumen Dulux do Weathershield, if that can be used on wood thats great as their is a wide variety of colours :)

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122226752#Comment_122226752

Could weathershield be just painted over what is already there? I will give it a wash of course to get all the crap off it..

Or would I have to sand it down etc?

gandalfio

I've been told Sadolin is best for this