CLADDING

INTRODUCTION
Cladding is an exterior finishing system akin to a skin or an additional non-load bearing layer which serves a dual purpose. It
not only helps in protecting the interiors of the house from the harsh weather elements but also makes the outside
decorative and attractive and improving the aesthetic appeal. Extremely quick to install when done by professionals,
cladding is exceptionally durable and robust and can last for a very long time if looked after properly depending on the
quality of materials and weather the house endures in a typical year.
ADVANTAGES OF CLADDING
• The primary roles of cladding are for weatherproofing purposes
• It provides a sturdy and a graceful and stylish appearance.
• Provides sound and thermal insulation to being naturally flame retardant and pollution resistant.
While zeroing in on the appropriate cladding material, a lot of things need to be taken into consideration and your choice of
cladding should be made after careful assessment. Right from the weather and budget, to personal preferences, there are
several types of cladding materials available which serve different purposes and functions so you are sure to find the one
that is most suitable for you. Houses can be clad in a variety of materials including:
Stone cladding
Stone cladding helps create a natural stone look while bringing in a touch of style and elegance to your walls. Perfect for
both interior and exteriors, stone cladding uses thin layers of natural or faux stone. Stone cladding panels are extremely
easy to install, virtually maintenance free and gracefully ages with time.
Wood cladding
Wood cladding helps create a stunning façade and is a great way to protect your home from the elements.
Suitable for both interiors and exteriors, it helps to create a highly distinctive character as nothing beats the
look of real wood while blending well with any decor. Exterior cladding is individually placed and protects
the structural integrity of your house while also enhancing the exterior appearance by several notches.
Extremely durable and highly energy efficient owing to its insulation properties, wood cladding helps to
make your home a tranquil haven.
uPVC cladding
uPVC cladding helps add a different dimension to your home and requires absolutely zero maintenance. This
basically translates to no time-consuming painting or cumbersome repairs. Ideal for both internal and
external walls, uPVC cladding not only suits every kind of home but also not prone to severe damage by
weather elements. Besides being economical, it’s quite easy to add insulation as well, can be fully
customized and comes in a range of colours
Tile cladding
A fairly new entrant to the cladding world, tile cladding is an extremely versatile cladding option and comes
in the form of a panel or tile suited for both exteriors and interiors of your house. Long lasting and easy to
maintain, these can transform your house to a contemporary abode. You can play with either sleek modern
designs or opt for a natural textured look. Incredibly durable and long lasting, you can even combine tiles
that are of different shapes and sizes to give your house a truly unique and suave look. Moreover, these tiles
also act as great insulators thus proving to be energy efficient as well.
Glass cladding
Glass claddings help transform your building. Glass always impresses
and this cladding is available in wide range of tempered, laminated,
curved and enamelled options while being cost effective and economical.
Furthermore, glass creates a remarkably modern and contemporary look
while offering enormous freedom in shape, design, composition and
size, making it optimally suited for modern cladding applications.
Aluminium composite panel (ACP)
Aluminium composite cladding system or ACP is made from lightweight aluminium and is frequently used for external
cladding as it’s very rigid and strong despite its light weight. Moreover, being aluminium being weather and UV resistant
facilitates customization options including colours, prints, patterns and shading. Available in varying thickness levels; it
enables quick installation while also being versatile enough to be used for fascias, canopies, partitions and even false
ceilings.
What is ACP (Aluminium Composite Panel)?
Two sheets of aluminium combine together to a non aluminium core so
as to form a Composite Aluminium Panel. The infill layer could be
polyethylene and the outer layer could further be coated with PVDF
(Polyvinylidene Fluoride).
Aluminium composite panel (ACP) also Aluminium composite material (ACM) is a type of flat panel that consists of two thin
Aluminum sheets bonded to a non-aluminium core.
Also known as Sandwich panel, it is a
structure made of three layers:
Low density core inserted in between two relatively thin skin layers.
This sandwich setup allows to achieve excellent mechanical performance at minimal weight.
The very high rigidity of a sandwich panel is achieved thanks to interaction of its components under flexural load applied
to the panel.
Core takes the shear loads and creates a distance between the skins which take the in-plane stresses, one skin in tension,
the other in compression.
 The characteristics of Aluminium Composite Panels are:
• It is a light weight, rigid and durable material, it is mainly used for external cladding of buildings and to create
signage. ACP gives a very classy look to the buildings and the design goes very well when combined with glass
curtain walling systems.
• It is weather proof and its colour does not fade after exposure to sunlight.
• ACP is economical and readily available. It is easy to install and requires very low maintenance.
• ACP is available in numerous metallic and non-metallic colour options and can very easily imitate the design of
wood or marble on it.This has made ACP very popular and one of the most widely used cladding materials.
• These panels are relatively very cheap and economical when compared to other cladding materials.
• ACP has very good heat insulation and sound reduction properties.
• ACP panels have very good fire resistance.
• Very light reducing the dead weight of the building and frame loading.
• Resistant to extremes of weather exposure and temperature.
• Excellent UV characteristics retaining colour after long exposure.
• High impact resistance
• 100% maintenance free
• Good sound insulation.
• World renowned 3M tape is used for fixing the ACP to the aluminium frame.
• Anti-Fungal protection
• Lightweight, reducing frame loading and installation costs
• Capable of being shaped and formed without loss of surface integrity
• High strength and rigidity - outstanding deflection and bending strength
• Pollution, acid, alkali, and self-spray resistant finish
 Applications

• Airports
• Multiplexes
• Shopping Malls
• Exhibition Stands
• Petrol Pumps
• Column Covers and Beams Wraps
• Building Renovations
• School Buildings
• Commercial Buildings
• Offices
• Hotels
• Hospitals
• Balcony and Canopy Claddings
• Partition and Ceiling Panels
• False Ceilings
• Interior Decoration
• Showroom Finishes
• Furniture and Cabinets
Aluminium cladding
Aluminium is an extremely popular choice for cladding and is used extensively for cladding purposes. Aluminium
cladding with its top-notch recyclability and minimal maintenance doesn’t rust or corrode like other metals which help
preserve its original design and texture for years at a stretch for proven lifetime performance Aluminium is protected
through galvanising, powder coating or anodizing which is totally integrated into the metal to provide all-around protection.
Different colours and varying patterns can easily be imprinted on this layer thus providing new and infinite texture and
design possibilities for building exteriors without affecting it’s UV resistance.

Ceramic Cladding
Ceramic cladding solutions have been around for ages and been a popular choice for architects around the world for
decorative purposes.
• Ceramic Cladding is very durable, easy to clean and maintenance free.
• It is resistant to external weather conditions, rain and pollution.
• It has a very good appearance and aesthetic appeal and is usually used to refurbish old buildings by giving it a new look.
• Ceramic cladding is non-flammable, scratch resistant and resistant to UV rays.
• Good for Thermal insulation and has heat saving properties.
• Very good for noise insulation.
• Ceramic Cladding has relatively low weight and is cheaper than other cladding materials like Glass.
 METAL CLADDING
Uses of metal cladding
• Attractive and Natural surfaces
• Possibility to adapt to any type of geometry and any kind of project
• Buildings stand out most with them
• Metals have a natural weathering process
• Long durability
• Light heavy solution for large roofs
• Competitive price
• No maintenance or cleaning needed
TITANIUM
It has become quite famous due to its use by architects like Frank O’Gehry and one of his famous Project
the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
Quite light, very strong and exceptionally resistance against corrosion, it creates the difference in the
building where it has been used..
In the seaming technique it is normally used thinner thicknesses compared to copper or zinc (0,4mm
instead of 0,6 o 0,8mm) and this gives the typical water undulation in the facades. These facades have
quite movement and provides own life to the façade that it last all over its life.
COPPER
Copper is quite well known due to its typical blue-green patina which is created in all copper claddings.
Copper is one of the natural metal that has its own colour. This typical orange salmon pink colour , turns
quite fast to brownish tones and it loose its typical brilliant aspect of the surface. These colours are
established and changes progressively to a darker brownish tones. This is the typical final colour in some
facades or in areas protected against rain water, but copper installed in a roof will develops all over the
years the typical turkish blue – greenish patina.
Besides the natural copper, there are other surfaces made out of copper :
• Pre oxided brown copper. It comes from the production with the typical brown tone of copper after
some months of natural weathering.
• Pre patinated copper. It comes from the production with the real patina copper making this material
specially used to have the cladding with green bluish aspect from the beginning..
• Tinned copper. This is a hot dip tinned strip of copper that gives a matt grey surface keeping main
characteristics of copper..
All these types of materials are installed practically in the same way as natural copper and all of them has
long lifetime over 100 years without any need of maintenance or cleaning. All of them are suitable to be
used in sea side areas or industrial areas, where its exceptional well resistance to corrosion is specially
recommended.
ZINC
This metal combines perfectly some quite attractive surfaces with very good mechanical and chemical
properties at a very competitive price. This metal has one of the best relation quality – price to this type of
applications.
The natural colour of zinc is clear grey metallic. Once exposed to the weather, it loose its brightness
gradually and it turns to a darker bluish grey . The colour of this metal it develops slower in the façade
than in the roof, but after some months of weather exposition, it comes to its final typical matt bluish grey
.
Stainless Steel
Stainless Steel could be easily recognized at first sight. It has such a high resistance corrosion properties
that almost does not change its aspect from the initial estate. This gives an unique view of solidity and
integrity, providing aspect of unlimited material.
There are basically two types of surfaces: • Glossy matt • Brilliant
Glossy matt is normally installed with double standing seam techniques in roofs, while brilliant surface is
normally installed in panels systems in facades..
Lead
New lead material has an aspect of clear metallic grey, similar to natural zinc. Once exposed to
atmosphere, it loose this brilliance gradually and it turns into a matt darker grey aspect.
Colour changes in facades are bit slower than in roofs, but approximately after two years, it becomes more
homogeneous and it reach its maturity patination process..
Compared to any other metal, lead does not present any kina of waves or undulations in the sheet, due to
its excellent adaptation to its base ( this is also helped due to its high specific weight and its almost non
existing mechanical resistance ). This provides a quite solid and contudent visual aspect.
1. External wall cladding - wet sealant joint
This installation system, with tray type (rout and return) panels and sealing joints, is one of the most
common methods and it is available for a wide range of new buildings and renovation projects. After
fixing ALP OLIC/fr panels on the substructure, we apply a suitable sealing material to the joints in
order to ensure water-tightness.

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