The wood effect fibre cement cladding Andrew Lodge has put on the new house he has built to let at Irstead, which the Broads Authority have asked him to remove, as it is not real wood.

According to Kebony USA sales manager Andy Hehl, the new cladding and paneling range, called Kebony Shou Sugi Ban by Delta Millworks, uses the ancient Japanese techniques of burning, brushing and ...