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Hi members would like to know the coast for james hardie linea cladding vs rendered brick wall. Which is cheaper. Hope to get dome reply .

Hi,

We're currently building a house that's rendered everywhere with james hardie linea weatherboard cladding on the elevation.

Hopefully someone else can chip in and provide a more concrete response, as our cost breakdown has other things bundled in so it's tough to determine the exact cost difference - but it seems around 1.5-2x more expensive than render.

At a guess, although the cladding itself isn't super expensive, there's a bit involved with labour, as a carpenter needed to build the frame which is fixed to the brickwork underneath the cladding.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Chris