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Why Choose Lightweight Cladding for Your Home’s Exterior
Mar 27, 2020
Most Australian homes are, by tradition, made of bricks, but there has been a shift towards lightweight materials. As well, suburban areas are moving upward, not outward, with residential buildings on the rise. This movement needs lightweight building products and supplies
that are long-lasting and economical.
If you’re thinking about building your home and what materials you’d like, why not use lightweight wall cladding? Style meets functionality and efficiency that can last a lifetime. We at Buildpro have listed down 3 important benefits of building with lightweight cladding.
Advantages of Lightweight Cladding
1. Aesthetically Pleasing
Designers have access to a wide range of colours, textures and decorative patterns. Lightweight cladding can be used in conjunction with more traditional building materials to create spectacular contrasts on exteriors buildings. Modern commercial buildings now use lightweight cladding to highlight straight lines and create a real WOW factor, residential homes are now able to do the same through Buildpro.
2. Enhances a Building’s Efficiency & Sustainability
Lightweight cladding possesses integrally reinforced base coats and a textured protective finish coat. Autoclaved aerated concrete cladding (AAC)
in particular is fire and termite resistant and Buildpro are your number one stockists of Hebel who are the market leaders of AAC. It’s easy to install due to its lightweight material and is much more affordable in the long run.
3. Energy Efficient
Lightweight cladding materials provide continuous insulation that can reduce heating and cooling requirements of building interiors. Dulux Exsulite is Australia’s choice for when it comes to energy efficiency due to their full compliance with the Building Code of Australia which also includes weatherproofing and structural integrity. Buildpro are Exsulite system specialists in regional areas.
When you’re ready to find the right materials for your home’s exterior, visit your nearest BuildPro store
and ask for lightweight cladding materials best for you. We carry all sorts of designs for homes and buildings such as natural stone to autoclaved aerated concrete in Australia. Get in touch with our team of specialists to learn more.
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