Profiled steel cladding – loose or missing fixings
Listed under: Exterior, metal, steel, cladding, walls, durability, corrosion, rust, fixings and hardware, fixings, wall cladding, profiled steel cladding
Cause
Fixings damaged during installation
Repair
- tighten fixings, or remove fixings and replace with Class 4 hot-dip galvanised screws or spiral-shank, spring-head nails with waterproof sealing washers
Cause
Nails have worked loose due to movement in the cladding
Repair
- tighten fixings
Cause
Fixings are corroding
Repair
- remove fixings and replace with Class 4 hot-dip galvanised screws or spiral-shank, spring-head nails with waterproof sealing washers