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Aluminium

Aluminium cladding

When it comes to commercial and house cladding, two of the most popular materials used are aluminium and vinyl. 

Aluminium is one of the most sustainable building materials in the world and is used in a large range of applications.

Benefits of Aluminium

• Strong
• Lightweight
• Malleable, easy to install
• Corrosion resistant due to its protective oxide layer
• High colour and gloss finish retention under harsh Australian weather climate
• Sustainable and 100% recyclable

Bauxite Ore, Aluminium source

Aluminium Source

Aluminium comes from bauxite ore. Australia is the largest producer of bauxite ore in the world and has the second largest bauxite reserves after the Republic of Guinea.

Bauxite is first processed to make alumina (Aluminium oxide) and Aluminium is refined from alumina.

Vinyl

Vinyl Cladding for external walls

Vinyl is one of the most popular house cladding materials used today.

Abbey’s Vinyl Cladding is superbly manufactured with long-lasting unplasticised polyvinyl chloride (uPVC) resin, backed with insulation that is fire retardant and self- extinguishing.

The insulated back provides greater insulation that will improve your home’s energy efficiency and cost savings. It is manufactured tough to last and protect the exterior walls of your home.

Benefits of Vinyl

• Naturally fire resistant
• Difficult to ignite, easy to extinguish and won’t spread flames
• Installing vinyl cladding on your home is ranked as one of the best home improvement projects for resale value

How Vinyl is Manufactured

• Vinyl was first produced in a laboratory in 1872, and was introduced to Australia in the early 1970s
• It is produced from natural ingredients