Can you clad over the top of render?

Is it possible to clad over render or does render need removing first? We hate our house's current render and would like modern cladding like composite and wood boards.

Asked by Kamil on 8th Mar 2023
Expert Trade Answers
"Yes you can clad over your existing render wall, you dobt need ro remove all of the render"
Answered on 8th Mar 2023 - Member since Feb 2023 - report
"Yes you can providing the render is still solid and fixed"
Answered on 9th Mar 2023 - Member since Feb 2023 - report
"Cladding over the top is no problem because if done correctly it should have an air gap for air to circulate"
Answered on 25th Mar 2023 - Member since Jan 2015 - report
"Yes if the render is not old we put HP12 base coat k rend and finish off"
Answered on 8th Mar 2023 - Member since Apr 2022 - report
"Yes you can clad over render walls, ewi external boarding is a moden look also. Its a plastic finish so always good wiv weather, easy to clean and never nees to pain house"
Answered on 10th Mar 2023 - Member since Feb 2023 - report
"Ideally taking the render off would give you a better sebaceous to fit the cladding to"
Answered on 12th Mar 2023 - Member since Mar 2023 - report
"Yes you can I don't see anything wrong with boarding over it with cladding
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Answered on 13th Mar 2023 - Member since May 2022 - report
"Yes along as render is solid and not blown off of the wall anywhere"
Answered on 8th Mar 2023 - Member since Mar 2023 - report
"Yes you can give it a primer of sbr and it's all good to go"
Answered on 8th Mar 2023 - Member since Oct 2020 - report
"Yes u can but may cos possible cracks in renbers so user needs to be aware of this"
Answered on 12th Mar 2023 - Member since Mar 2023 - report
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