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News Release from: Marley Eternit | Subject: Marley Eternit weatherboard
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 January 2006
Marley Eternit weatherboard helps
self-build
Low-maintenance and energy-saving materials used on self-build home.
DIY enthusiast and full-time carer John Baldwin specified low-maintenance and energy-saving materials for his self-build home on the Isle of Wight - then fixed the fibre cement Weatherboard cladding from Marley Eternit himself He has built Mulberry Lodge on a long, narrow and steep plot of about one fifteenth of a hectare in the side garden of a large Victorian house that later became a hotel and then in 1989 a nursing home
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 6 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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A failed planning application in 1990 led to the site overlooking Totland Bay being left derelict until 2003.
John had to fight for nine months and go before the full planning committee to present his design that was approved unanimously.
The chalet-style bungalow is of timber frame construction with a brick plinth, with the Weatherboard fixed to a skin of aerated blockwork built up from the plinth with thin joint mortar.
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"I considered attaching to the timber frame but was concerned about the large kick-out which would be needed to meet with the brick plinth".
"Attaching to blockwork meant a lot more work for me but gives me what is in effect a double cavity and a very high level of thermal insulation," he said.
John, who admits to not being from the building trade but "self-taught and keen on DIY", had previously renovated a Victorian villa with; a loft conversion, ground floor extension and steel frame extension to the old stables.
Mulberry Lodge took two years to complete.
John cleared the site himself but left the terracing and foundation trenches to a digger and driver.
He then built retaining walls of rock-filled gabions and poured the foundations.
John took inspiration for their new home from his time living in Kent where weatherboarding is very popular and his preference for a New England-style of house.
He also researched other self-build projects and used features from self-build firms' plans.
As a full-time carer for his wife Jenny, he designed Mulberry Lodge with a view to being suitable for a disabled person, for them both as they get older, and with low-maintenance and energy-saving materials.
He saw Eternit Weatherboard at the National Homebuilding and Renovating Show, "liked the look of the product and the guarantee" and decided to install it himself, single-handedly.
While Marley Eternit does say Weatherboard can be fixed by amateurs using conventional power tools, the company would normally expect the installer to have some help.
He said: "I was able to manage 12-foot lengths without help by using a 'high-tech' gadget which I made up out of about 18 inches of coat hanger wire".
"I fixed it near the end of the length of Weatherboard, with the lower hooked end slightly below where the cladding would come".
""With one end of the cladding resting in the hook, I fixed the other end in the correct position.
By swivelling the wire, I could then raise that end of the cladding until I achieved a level.
The friction of the wire hook under the end of the Weatherboard was sufficient to hold it while I fixed the length." The cladding took a total of six weeks to install on the house and garage but this was not constant work and included fixing the battens and breather membrane".
John added: "As the Weatherboard forms the major part of the building that is seen it plays the most important part of the visual impact.
Although it does have a traditional look, it stands out as there are few similar buildings in the area.
It contrasts well with other similar-sized chalet bungalows in the area which tend to be brick with concrete roof tiles". Request a free brochure from Marley Eternit ...
"I am very pleased with how it has turned out and the relative ease with which it went on.".
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