Guides
Developing cladding fittings, by hand and by app
How the patterns are worked out, from a working cladder. Read one, do it on paper, then let the app do it in seconds.
14 September 2026 · 7 min
How to develop a lobster back bend for insulation cladding
The segmented bend, worked by parallel lines: where the numbers come from, why the end pieces are half segments, and the two things that go wrong on the bench.
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14 September 2026 · 6 min
The two-piece mitred elbow: the cladding pattern and the seam that matters
The simplest bend in the box and the one most people get slightly wrong. The mitre angle, the curve, where the seam goes, and why the swage lives on the mitre and not the plain end.
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14 September 2026 · 5 min
Laps, swages and seams: the allowances that make cladding fit
A pattern is only as good as what is added to it. The lap, where the holes go, the swage at every joint, and the one number to check before any pattern goes near a sheet.
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