Types and Uses
Cladding can be an important part of a building’s aesthetics, with a variety of materials and colour options offering a wide choice to architects. Options include a weatherboarded, shiplap look; brick, stone or pebble dash effect; and composite panels in solid colours or timber grain effect.
Just as important, if not more so, are the benefits that cladding – known as siding in some countries – brings to a building’s protection against the elements, if installed using the rainscreen principle.
All UK residents know how testing our climate can be, with driving wind and rain a frequent feature. With the rainscreen principle, the outer layer of cladding deflects rain and there is a ventilation cavity behind that equalises air pressure, deals with condensation and allows a building to breathe. The system gives great flexibility to improve the thermal insulation of the building.
There is a huge choice of designs and colours available in sustainable façade or rainscreen cladding, meaning that a bold and attractive ‘skin’ can be created for all kinds of new build and refurbishment projects. These include woodgrain panels indistinguishable from real wood and metallics for a striking aesthetic.
Where to buy cladding
- Sorba UK Ltd - c/o Tiffin Green, Swan House, 9 Queen’s Road, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 4HE, 01206 766 320
- Plastivan UK - Unit 4 Bonville Industrial Estate, Bonville Road, Brislington, Bristol, BS4 5QU, 0117 300 5625
- Ash & Lacy Building Systems Ltd - Bromford Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 7JJ, 0121 525 1444
- Kedel Limited - Oswald Street, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 0BY, 01282 861325
- Round Wood of Mayfield - Newick Lane, Mayfield, East Sussex, TN20 6RG, 01435 867072
- Exmoor Fascias Ltd - Rolle Quay, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1JE, 01271 321600
- BEMO Systems - High Edge Court, Heage, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2BW, 01773 853694
- Vincent Timber Ltd - 8 Montgomery Street, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 1DU, 0121 772 5511
- Midland Marble Ltd - Masonry Works, 80 Dollman Street, Heartlands, Birmingham, West Midlands, B7 4RP, 0121 359 3699
- Benchmark Timber Ltd - Prospect House, Crendon Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 6LA, 01494 980145
- Stone Applications UK Ltd - Management Office, 46 Landsdowne Rd, London, Greater London, E18 2BB, 020 7738 7212
- Vale Cladding Supplies Limited - Unit 4a, Alba Way, Park Way Trading Estate, Trafford Park, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M32 0TL, 0161 865 3187
