Cladding, when applied to the home, is a non-loadbearing skin or layer which is fixed to the outside of a home as a means of shedding water and protecting the building from the effects of weather.
The primary role of cladding in your home is to act as a protectant against weather and the elements.
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We would love the opportunity to introduce you to the world of vinyl cladding as a means to saving money for your home.
Vinyl cladding is a cost-effective way to care for the exterior of your home and is a fantastic way to maintain a stunning exterior of your home, year after year.
Get in touch with our expert team today to find out more about the cost of installing ABBEY Vinyl Cladding to your home and how we can help equip your home with the best cladding.
Call the house cladding specialists Abbey Thermalboards on 1800 621 113
Exterior cladding materials are a cost-effective and appealing way to provide another protective layer to your home.
The exterior cladding you choose will have a significant effect on the insulative properties of your home.
There is a range of styles out there to choose from, and it’s important that you make sure the cladding materials you go for are efficient and effective.
The primary purpose of installing cladding on your home is to
ABBEY Vinyl Cladding is fire retardant and self extinguishing.
When you are looking to get cladding for your home, you want to make an assessment of a few key things and choose the type of cladding that suits your requirements.
Our cladding can come in horizontal or vertical boards, and can be sheets or strips depending on the design.
You can also choose from a range of finishes and colours.
Our customers are delighted with the range of colours we have available.
We stock a range of colours and finishes for every style of home and would be happy to discuss the options with you.
Bear in mind these few key tips when you are selecting the colours for the outside of your home:
Want a textured finish for your cladding? We stock timber finishes to suit a wide range of applications.
Our cladding range is textured to a wood grain finish that looks realistic and classic.
Aluminium cladding is corrosion-resistant and comes in a variety of colours and styles. It is also a low maintenance building material.
Aluminium is among the most waterproof of all the cladding materials available on the market and is well suited to fire-prone areas as it has good fire resistance. In addition to these benefits, aluminium is a recyclable product which is highly reusable if it’s screw-fixed.
Speak to us today about our available options.
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Vinyl Cladding is our most popular cladding. You can choose from a wide range of profiles, textures and colours and is a very low-maintenance material for your home. Contemporary vinyl cladding options available from Abbey Thermalboards can be both environmentally sound and aesthetically pleasing.
Speak to our team of experts today to find out more about how vinyl cladding can be used to great effect in your home.
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Still looking for more information? No problem – we’d love to hear from you!
Give us a call on 1800 621 113 today to speak to an expert about your home cladding needs.
As a homeowner, you are no doubt always looking for the best and most cost-effective way to take care of your home whilst keeping maintenance costs low. The exterior of your home no doubt will suffer most of the deterioration due to the weather elements of wind, rain and sunlight.
Installing Vinyl Cladding onto the exterior of your home would improve its exterior protection as well as its aesthetic appeal. Vinyl Cladding on home exteriors are also cheaper and easier to maintain.
ABBEY has transformed many homes over the years by installing Vinyl Cladding over bricks, concrete, besser block and fibro.
With over 40 years experience, ABBEY tradesmen are highly experienced and specialists in cladding over brick, concrete, besser block and fibro.
We stand behind each Vinyl Cladding job with a full 50 year warranty
To find out more, contact us for a free quote and measure
✓ No more painting! ABBEY Vinyl Cladding has bonded colour – you will enjoy the same stunning colour to your cladding year after year.
✓ Waterproof! ABBEY Vinyl Cladding is waterproof – you don’t need to seal it or to add any further protection for pest control.
✓ SAVE your cleaning time When your house exterior is Vinyl Cladded, you will be able to save the time it takes to clean your home
When you install ABBEY Vinyl Cladding for your home, you don’t need to repaint your home.
This saves you money on paint and maintenance.
Get in touch with our expert team today to find out more about the Vinyl Cladding cost and how we can help equip your home with the best cladding around.
Call the Wall Cladding specialists ABBEY Thermalboards on 1800 621 113 today to speak to our team about your cladding needs.
Vinyl Cladding is an external layer installed to the exterior of buildings, for aesthetic purposes and weatherproofing.
You can get Vinyl Cladding in two main board profiles – Weatherboard or Chamferboard.
Some vinyl cladding comes with an insulated back that provides greater insulation that will improve your home’s energy efficiency and cost savings.
✓ No more painting
When you invest in vinyl cladding as a cover for your home, you never have to paint your home again. The vinyl cladding that we use offers bonded colour which means that you will enjoy the same stunning colour to your cladding year after year.
✓ Water proof
Vinyl cladding is also waterproof, so you don’t need to seal it or to add any further protection for pest control.
✓ Saves your cleaning time
When you have vinyl cladding, you will be able to save on the amount of time it takes to clean your home
✓ Lower your energy costs
Reduce your energy costs with the insulation benefits that ABBEY Cladding can give your home
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At ABBEY Thermalboards, we back our Vinyl Cladding with a 50 year warranty. You can be confident with a peace of mind knowing your new Abbey house cladding will last. It is of the highest quality of external cladding in the market.
Call the house cladding specialists Abbey Thermalboards on 1800 621 113
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.
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 is one of the most popular house cladding materials used today. ABBEY 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.
National Construction Code (NCC) 2019 – Building Code of Australia (BCA) requires compliance for vinyl wall cladding for new constructions. If certain vinyl wall claddings do not meet NCC 2019 test compliance in writing, they should not be used and cannot be certified and any property become difficult to sell. Australian based NATA laboratories tests are government approved, recommended and generally accepted in OECD mutual recognition. Tests to NCC 2019 include:-
Information of extensive tests under NCC 2019 can be found at www.abbeythermalboards.com.au/compliance-with-national-construction-code-ncc/
Get in touch with our expert team today to find out more about the cost of installing ABBEY Vinyl Cladding to your home and how we can help equip your home with the best cladding. Call the house cladding specialists Abbey Thermalboards on 1800 621 113
By fully enclosing the asbestos on your home with vinyl or aluminium exterior cladding you can safeguard it against future damage. It may be best to simply clad over asbestos sheeting if:
It is illegal to conduct your own asbestos removal.
Removing asbestos from an average home can cost upwards of $20,000, and this price does not include re-cladding. Strict health and safety requirements licensed asbestos removers must adhere to include special removal, bagging, and disposal procedures – all of which incur greater expenses than other materials.
Let ABBEY safely provide asbestos cladding services for your property
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All of ABBEYs’ tradesmen are Work Safety in the Construction Industry certified and have received full Asbestos Awareness Training.
We have developed special work place health & safety approved techniques to secure cladding to your home without disturbing the asbestos material underneath.
No. Never attempt to work with asbestos based materials yourself.
If you choose to clad over asbestos sheeting, you must hire a professional to do the job.
When it comes to working with asbestos,
DIY isn’t just dangerous, it’s illegal.
Anyone working with any asbestos-containing materials needs to undergo “Asbestos Awareness Training”.
There may also be other procedures that you may legally be bound to follow. The advice of your local council, state safety authority and current state and federal legislation must be sought before the commencement of work.
If you don’t have the industry know-how, there’s no way you’ll be able to secure the exterior cladding without puncturing or cracking the sheeting and exposing dangerous fibres in the process.
Without training in the right installation techniques, safely installing your own house cladding over asbestos is virtually impossible.
Disposing of asbestos-containing materials also requires extra precautions.
Even if you end up needing to get rid of a tiny amount of sheeting, you’ll need to rent a skip specifically lined to contain asbestos, and take it to a licenced waste facility for disposal. Disposing of asbestos is much more expensive than getting rid of any other material.
In fact, one effect of asbestos can be mesothelioma, which the mesothelioma.com states is:
“An aggressive cancer that develops due to any exposure to airborne asbestos. After asbestos exposure, the disease can sometimes take up to twenty to forty years to fully show it’s symptoms.
There is currently no cure for mesothelioma, and many diagnosed do not live longer than five to seven years. Over the past years, there has been an average of about 500-800 lives taken due to this disease a year in Australia. This is one of the main reasons why all property owners should remain cognizant of asbestos.”
Never risk your health, finances and home’s value on a DIY fibro cladding job.
Abbey Thermalboards are fully equipped, certified and licenced to clad over asbestos-containing materials. We’ll get the job done right for a fair price, so you can rest assured that your home will stay safe well into the future.
If your house isn’t cladded with high quality, lasting cladding materials, you will have to spend tens of thousands of dollars in painting and repainting costs over the years, not to mention having to organise painting services!
An average 3 bedroom, single storey home will typically cost a minimum of between $8,000 and $10,000 for a full exterior paint job. The cost will vary depending on the condition of your exterior walls, the brand and quality of the paint you use, and whether you choose to hire a professional painter or prefer to take care of the job yourself.
And depending on the material your house is built from, you’ll then have to repaint your house again every 3 – 8 years.
Painted timber can last up to 10 years, but if it’s exposed to full sunlight or you live near the coast, it will need to be repainted every 2 or 3 years.
And if you have stained or clear finished timber, it needs to be refinished every 2-5 years – just more work and maintenance to do!
It will probably cost you more than $90,000 to paint your home over 20 years!
If today’s (circa 2008) house painting costs $10,000 you could waste $92,000 in painting over the house of the next 5 paint jobs. And all you are doing is trying to maintain your home. You are not improving its value – only trying to put it back where it was.
The figures below are based on a 5% p.a. inflation and painting every 5 years.
At ABBEY, our high quality aluminium and vinyl cladding thermalboards are coated with a superior baked-on paint process that infuses the materials all the way through, so it will never peel or crack no matter how much sun or rain it’s exposed to.
Once you’ve cladded your home you’ll never have to touch it up!
So save money on your home and stop having to budget for exorbitant painting costs as your walls flake and wear. ABBEY’s exterior wall cladding installation will keep it looking brand new and beautiful all year round, and well into the future.
Cladding is the application of one material to cover or coat over another material, so as to provide a protective layer or skin.
Aluminium and Vinyl Cladding are very commonly used today when cladding houses and other buildings.
The use of cladding in building is not new, but over the ages the materials have improved significantly. The first instances of cladding can be seen everywhere, from the construction of the great pyramids of Egypt through to the Anglo Saxon houses and timber cladding of Germanic tribes.
From ancient times until the 19th Century, the cladding that was in-use was a hard material like wood or stone, or something that would not react to corrosion like copper, brass and bronze.
Cladding was applied to the building in various ways, though one of the most common methods was to place an exterior layer of individual bricks, clay tiles or shingles which were then held in place with mortar, wood or pegs.
Cladding protects your building’s structure from wind and rain, allowing your building to last longer. It is very effective in creating an insulation shield for your home, as well as being an attractive design solution.
Buildings are constantly being exposed to the elements and as a result, experience natural wear and tear of the structure and build.
With cladding, you can minimise much of the damage to your home and enjoy a range of other benefits including:
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If you’re thinking of repainting your home, consider cladding instead. Cladding means you never have to repaint again!
All of ABBEY’s Vinyl Cladding comes with a 50-year warranty!
If you are after aluminium or vinyl cladding that really makes a difference, contact us today on 1800 621 113 to find out about how we can help you.
Call the house cladding specialists Abbey Thermalboards on 1800 621 113
The fire that broke out in Melbourne’s Lacrosse Apartment building caused more than $2 million in damage, sparked an enquiry by the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) into the use of non-compliant building products in Australia.
Soon after the fire, reports of similar fires occurring in other large buildings around the globe began to emerge.
The culprit behind these fires? Cheaply made, imported aluminium cladding.
Our aluminium cladding is quality controlled to keep your family and home safe.
Is Aluminium Cladding Safe to Use on my Home?
Yes.
Aluminium is actually one of the safest materials to make home cladding with, as it is classed as a non-combustible material and does not burn.
This makes aluminium exterior cladding a great investment in the future of your home if you live in one of Australia’s bushfire-prone areas.
So, if aluminium isn’t flammable how did these buildings ignite so quickly?
The cheap exterior cladding used on the Lacrosse building, called Alucobest, is made of aluminium on the outside but on the inside the cladding is filled with polyethylene/plastic fibres that have shown to be highly flammable.
When the CSIRO tested this cheaply made aluminium cladding it caught fire in under a minute and the tests had to be abandoned after just 93 seconds so that the lab’s equipment would not be damaged.
A Worrying Trend in Australian Building Materials Compliance
Alucobest isn’t the only type of cheap home cladding have to watch out for on the Australian building market.
As investigations into the Lacrosse fire continue, it is becoming more and more obvious that poor building product compliance is a major issue in Australia.
Senator Nick Xenophon described Australia as “becoming a dumping ground for the world’s dodgiest and most dangerous building products”.
This alarming view would surprise many Australians, but according to a recent survey by the Australian Industry Group, 92 per cent of builders surveyed had been offered faulty materials or products to buy.
As the popularity of aluminium and vinyl cladding continues to grow, the building industry has seen an alarming rise in the use of cheaply made, imported aluminium cladding.
Following the Lacrosse fire, 7 out of the 70 Victorian buildings tested contained aluminium cladding that failed to meet the fire safety requirements specified under the Building Code of Australia.
Even state governments have been stung by cheap aluminium cladding suppliers, with the inferior exterior cladding found on both Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital and the currently under construction Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
The Problem With Cheap Cladding
Using fire resistant products might be initially more expensive than resorting to other, untested types of house cladding that don’t comply with Australian combustibility standards (a measure which is “absolute” meaning a product is either combustible or it isn’t), but the long term cost of cheap home cladding can be enormous.
Serious fire safety risks aren’t the only problem with buying cheap aluminium cladding. If your home is found to contain this cheap exterior cladding you will have to remove or replace it, which can incur serious rectification costs.
According to Kim Henshaw, the Strata Community Australia CEO, the Lacrosse building apartment owners are now facing a $20 million rectification bill.
The Importance of a Trustworthy Supplier
In an interview with the ABC earlier this year, Fire Protection Association CEO Scott Williams said it’s impossible to tell the difference between safe and unsafe aluminium cladding by simply looking at it with the naked eye.
Aluminium cladding with a flammable plastic core and aluminium cladding with a safe mineral fibre core look, smell and feel exactly the same.
Even builders don’t have the tools or know how to test whether their materials are compliant with Australian building regulations, and they may inadvertently use products that claim to meet Australian standards but are actually unsafe.
That’s why it is so important to get your home cladding from ABBEY – an Australian supplier with 40 over years in the industry and over 38,000 jobs to its name.
When you buy your house cladding from ABBEY, you can have peace of mind that you’ll be getting the highest quality products on the market
Exterior cladding not only protects and insulates your home from the Australian weather, it is a key factor in its aesthetic appeal. Cladding your home exterior can also positively affect the sale price of your house.
ABBEY’s exterior cladding can add colour to your home’s external walls. Designed with excellent colour retention and high durability, ABBEY cladding is a cost-effective solution and investment for your home it – will stand up to the harsh Australian climate.
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Our external cladding comes in a beautiful finish of authentic wood-grain texture, giving your home the look of painted timber without having the maintenance hassles.
Choosing from our large range of Aluminium and Vinyl Cladding options, means you will find the right cladding solution for any Australian home or landscape.
So if you’re focusing on a new build or an extension, call ABBEY for the highest quality home cladding at an affordable price.
I would highly recommend Abbey. The representative who met with us was very professional. He was not pushy and we felt very comfortable with him. He was happy to call back with more samples and answer our questions. The workmanship of the person who did the cladding was exceptional. We could not be any happier. The person took great care in every detail. His work exceeded all our expectations.
We are Australian-owned & relied on for Vinyl Wall Cladding since 1981.
Over 40 years, we only employ highly experienced,
fully trained ABBEY tradesmen.
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