diff --git a/src/cache.jl b/src/cache.jl
index 9cac1810..ebd49c3c 100644
--- a/src/cache.jl
+++ b/src/cache.jl
@@ -226,7 +226,10 @@ end
 
 resizedata!(B::CachedArray, mn...) = resizedata!(MemoryLayout(B.data), MemoryLayout(B.array), B, mn...)
 resizedata!(B::AbstractCachedArray, mn...) = resizedata!(MemoryLayout(B.data), UnknownLayout(), B, mn...)
-resizedata!(A, mn...) = A # don't do anything
+resizedata!_layout(_, A, mn...) = A # don't do anything
+
+
+resizedata!(A, mn...) = resizedata!_layout(MemoryLayout(A), A, mn...)
 function resizedata!(A::AdjOrTrans, m, n)
     resizedata!(parent(A), n, m)
     A
@@ -615,4 +618,13 @@ CachedArray(data::AbstractMatrix, array::AbstractQ) = CachedArray(data, array, s
 CachedArray(data::AbstractMatrix{T}, array::AbstractQ{T}, datasize::NTuple{2,Int}) where T =
     CachedMatrix{T,typeof(data),typeof(array)}(data, array, datasize)
 
-length(A::CachedMatrix{<:T,<:AbstractMatrix{T},<:AbstractQ{T}}) where T = prod(size(A.array))
\ No newline at end of file
+length(A::CachedMatrix{<:T,<:AbstractMatrix{T},<:AbstractQ{T}}) where T = prod(size(A.array))
+
+
+
+###
+# resizedata! for types
+###
+
+
+resizedata!_layout(lay::BroadcastLayout, b, m...) = resizedata!.(arguments(lay, b), m...)
diff --git a/src/padded.jl b/src/padded.jl
index 5fbf5043..4b542daf 100644
--- a/src/padded.jl
+++ b/src/padded.jl
@@ -124,16 +124,8 @@ function rowsupport(lay::Union{PaddedColumns{Lay}, PaddedLayout{Lay}}, A, k) whe
     isempty(k̃) ? convert(typeof(rs), Base.OneTo(0)) : rs
 end
 
-function _vcat_resizedata!(::Union{AbstractPaddedLayout, DualLayout{<:PaddedRows}}, B, m...)
-    any(iszero,m) || Base.checkbounds(paddeddata(B), m...)
-    B
-end
-function _vcat_resizedata!(::Union{DualLayout{<:PaddedRows}, AbstractPaddedLayout}, B::Vcat{<:Any, 1}, m) # ambiguity
-    iszero(m) || Base.checkbounds(paddeddata(B), m)
-    B
-end
-
-function _vcat_resizedata!(_, B::Vcat{<:Any, 1}, n) 
+resizedata!_layout(::Union{AbstractPaddedLayout, DualLayout{<:PaddedRows}}, B, m...) = B
+function resizedata!_layout(::ApplyLayout{typeof(vcat)}, B::AbstractVector, n) 
     m = n 
     for arg in arguments(B)
         m ≤ 0 && break
@@ -145,9 +137,6 @@ function _vcat_resizedata!(_, B::Vcat{<:Any, 1}, n)
     B
 end
 
-_vcat_resizedata!(_, B, m...) = B # by default we can't resize
-
-resizedata!(B::Vcat, m...) = _vcat_resizedata!(MemoryLayout(B), B, m...)
 
 cacheddata(B::Vcat) = Vcat(map(maybe_cacheddata, arguments(B))...)