Installing Wall and Ceiling Cladding

When most people think about cladding, they think about the wooden panelling seen on the exterior of many rustic looking homes. That is cladding, but cladding isn’t just limited to that situation; it can be found on certain roof styles and in the interior of homes too.

Interior cladding is also usually implemented in part of a modern-rustic style. It can also be fairly easy to install as well; certainly something within the bounds of most DIYers’ skills. To install your cladding timber, follow these simple steps:

  • Once you’ve ordered your timber, you should leave it for a couple of weeks before you install it. This gives your panels time to acclimatise and shrink down before you install. That’s something you want avoid once they’ve already been installed so it’s best to wait.
  • Make sure that you leave any electrical outlets exposed; covering them up breaks the law. If you want to cover them up, you’ll need to hire an electrician to decommission the outlet.
  • Before you install the cladding, you’ll need to install the battens first. These are the support of the cladding, which need to be hammered into the wall. All you need to do after you’ve installed them is slot the cladding panels in place, which makes the process quite easy.

It is important that when you’re installing cladding that you plan it all out before you start to actually do the job. Working out where you’re going to have to cut the panels to get them to fit the room is essential, and you’ll also need to account for where radiators and other necessities will go.