Cladding and roof coverings
Pick from 18 kinds of cladding and 15 roof coverings, vertical or horizontal, with solar panels if you like, for the whole house or one wall.
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How to do it
With nothing selected, find Exterior in the panel on the right and open the cladding picker. The kinds are grouped: wood, masonry and render, panels and metal, log and slate.
Choose vertical or horizontal for boards, the board width, the finish (painted, stained or natural) and the colour.
To clad one wall differently, select the wall and pick its cladding; “Same as the house” takes it back.
Select the roof to choose its covering, the profile or metal and the colour, and solar panels or solar tiles on the sunny side.
Set the colours of trims, windows and front doors, and the foundation: concrete, rendered, stone or painted.
Good to know
- The previews, the 3D textures and the hatching on the elevations come from the same sizes, so a joint on the elevation is a joint in 3D.
- If a covering is usually laid steeper or flatter than your roof, the app says so. These are typical values; the product’s instructions decide.
- Glazing bars are chosen per window: see Doors, windows and arches.
Questions and answers
Which kinds of cladding are there?
Eighteen: board and batten, shiplap, V-groove panel, waney-edge boards, beaded weatherboard, clinker boards and wood shingles; render, render on insulation, brick, natural stone and concrete block; fibre-cement and HPL panels, corrugated and standing-seam metal; log and slate.
And roof coverings?
Fifteen: concrete and clay tiles, slate, steel tile sheets, standing seam in steel, zinc, aluminium or copper, corrugated and trapezoidal sheets, roofing felt, PVC or EPDM, sedum and turf, asphalt and wood shingles, glass and polycarbonate.