Tips for cladding our steel frame home in Summit weatherboard

Matt shares some tips in this video for cladding the steel frame in Summit weatherboard.
He starts with talking about the most important part of the cladding - the starter strip - and how he sets this up for the beginning of each external wall.
He then shows how to line up the cladding strips with the ones already installed around the corner of the house.
He talks about the other inclusions as part of our cladding and insulation package through Paal Kit Homes - the spacers - and where these need to go.
Cutting the weatherboard cladding can be done one of two ways - with a circular saw or with the cutting tool provided to us by Paal. Matt decided to use a circular saw and shares safety tips on how to do this correctly.
Matt put up the cladding for the majority of the house by himself (he got some serious help from a mate for the front and sides of the house towards the end of our cladding journey) but in this video, he gets some help from one of the littlest people in our family :)
Watch to the end to hear our daughter get involved in the videos as well!
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[@TheHousethatMattBuilt]

Cladding is time consuming and fiddly - but worth the cost saving if you've got the time and patience and some mates who are happy to lend a hand!

[@kevinbritton3067]

Good stuff

[@yessiryousir]

These are great vids mate, really helpful. Awesome job!

[@121edinoz]

Saved by a very determined daughter. Aren't they all. Well done on a great job, making it look pretty easy to the novice.

[@maristboy25]

Hi there, if you screw on your starter strip to the metal studs before the building paper/insulation goes on then it will be as straight as your bottom plate. You can also easily flick some chalk lines onto the studs to get the tight height. When you put the builders paper on have it overhang the starter strip by 20mm and then tape the paper to the starter strip. Question... are there slots in the j track? Just wondering about water e gress

[@mattmcmanus2401]

Need to get some PPE for the kids!

[@foxnews114]

Hey Matt What will you do under the first row?

[@TheHousethatMattBuilt]

Hey mate! We are going to trim the damp course (the black plastic roll) and the termite protection (the blue plastic roll) and then leave as is. Eventually, we'll put a ground deck in to meet the house so the transition will line up with the slab. We've seen other ideas - garden beds, steps, ect - but we're going with a deck that joins the alfresco slab and finishes that outside area.

[@acton_creek_farm920]

Hey guys...did you try to make all your joints on a stud or can they just be anywhere?? Ta...

[@TheHousethatMattBuilt]

Hey! The cladding we used (primeline summit) doesn't need to join on a stud. But others may need to depending on style 👍

[@acton_creek_farm920]

How long did it take you guys to clad…..??