How to Clad a Brick Wall

If you’re looking for a way to update and refresh your brick walls, cladding is the perfect solution! Offered in a wide variety of styles and colours to help you achieve any desired effect, cladding is both easy to install and durable, so you won’t have to worry about frequent replacements. Whether you’re refreshing your whole property or modernising walls in your garden area, there’s a type of cladding to complement your space.

In this quick article, we’ll go over the best way to clad a brick wall and make it look brand new!

How to clad a brick wall

Installing cladding over existing brickwork is a straightforward job, but depending on the material you’re using to clad the wall it’s sometimes best left to the professionals. External PVC and weatherboard cladding can be installed as a DIY job if you’re a regular DIY-er, but for more premium products likes stone cladding, we’d recommend hiring a professional to install the cladding.

If you’re looking to install your cladding as a DIY job, simply follow these instructions:

1. Clean the brickwork into the best state possible to ensure that the cladding can be securely affixed to the wall.
2. Fix support battens to the brickwork. These are best designed by a structural engineer – this is to make sure that they’re strong enough to withstand forces like wind-uplift.
3. If you need or want to, install any vapour-permeable membranes or insulation while the support battens are being installed.
4. Now all you need to do is follow the usual installation instructions for whichever type of cladding you’ll be fixing to the wall. Weatherboarding can usually be fixed directly to the battens using screws or nails, whereas stone cladding has a more complex installation process.

We offer installation guides for a wide range of cladding types, including external PVC, weatherboard, composite, fibre cement, timber, and stone cladding. To take a look at our full range of installation guides, click here!

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If you have any questions that weren’t answered in this article, don’t forget to take a look at our other guides and tips articles. You can also contact our team for help – we're always happy to provide assistance!