Which material is used for wall cladding?
May 10, 2024
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What is Exterior Wall Cladding?
Exterior wall cladding functions as a protective shield, protecting your home from weather-related damage and providing an additional insulation layer. Traditionally crafted from materials like wood, brick, stone, and tile, modern advancements introduce a range of options, including metal, vinyl, wood-plastic composites (WPC), and glass. These diverse cladding materials open up a world of design possibilities while ensuring your home remains resilient against the elements.
Metal wall panels are a great choice for exterior cladding if you want both high durability and modern style. The most common metal cladding materials are steel and aluminium among them steel is the most cost-effective metal cladding in terms of cost and has a long life expectancy.
Corten Steel is a class of steel with exceptional corrosion resistance and tensile strength. Corten steel is also known as "weathering" steel because a protective layer forms on the surface of the steel when exposed to weather and does not require painting. Ideal for external cladding.
The Key Benefits of Corten Steel wall cladding are:
- A characteristic aesthetic. Corten develops a variable patina of bronze, rust, and copper hues – colors that act as the perfect foil for all manner of natural and architectural planting schemes.
- Extreme longevity. Material loss from unprotected Corten Steel takes place with glacial slowness [in Central London, 0.8mm over 40 years and 2.0 mm over 120 years].
- Low cost. For anything over a 10-year lifespan expectation, Corten Steel offers by far the best value-for-money return of all sheet metals, largely because it never needs to be painted/repainted.
- Essentially zero maintenance. Any maintenance that is deemed necessary would be for purely aesthetic – rather than functional and/or structural – considerations.