Cladding

What is cladding?

Cladding, also known as exterior claddingis an exterior cladding material that dresses and protects facades, walls and low walls walls. It's a modern, decorative exterior cladding that adds character, personality and comfort to your home.

Siding is sometimes referred to as "exterior panelling". 

There are different types of cladding wall claddingdepending on material, shape, color and cladding style.cladding you want. You can opt for exterior cladding in wood, composite, metal, PVC or fiber cement. You can also choose between interlocking, clerestory, clapboard or panel cladding.

 

Why should I use exterior cladding on the facade of my house?

Cladding exterior allows you to renovate your facade, make it more attractive and modernimprove its thermal and acoustic insulation, and protect it from the elements, insects and fungi.

At WoodPartners, you'll find a wide range of modern modern, decorativeto suit all budgets and tastes.

 

Which materials for modern cladding ?

There are several materials for modern modern exterior claddingeach with its own advantages and disadvantages. Here are the main ones:

• Wood: a natural, warm and aesthetic material that adapts to every style, with a choice of wood species. It's easy to work and install, and is often used for exterior facade cladding. However, it requires regular maintenance with woodstain or paint to protect it from weather, insects and fungi.

• Composite: a material that imitates the appearance of wood, but is composed of wood fibers and plastic resins. It offers greater durability for exterior façade cladding, and requires maintenance than natural wood. It is UV, insect and fungus resistant, without being 100% rot-proof. There are many different types of this type of claddingsuch as clerestory, brise-soleil or smooth.

• PVC: a synthetic material that's lightweight and economical, offering a wide range of colors and finishes, making it a good choice for exterior facade cladding. It's easy to install and clean. It is weather, UV and impact resistant. However, it's not as environmentally friendly as the other two, as it's petrochemical-based and difficult to recycle.

• Resin: this material comes in panels or cladding boards. It gives facades a modern, designer look. It is weather-, UV- and impact-resistant. It's easy to install and clean. It is, however, a more expensive wall cladding option than PVC or composite.

• Metal: this material comes in the form of steel, aluminum or zinc strips or panels. This exterior cladding gives a contemporary, industrial look to the façade clad. It is weather-, UV- and impact-resistant. It is easy to install and clean. It is, however, more expensive than PVC or composite, and can be prone to corrosion.

Exterior cladding or exterior panelling?

It's all the same! The term "exterior panelling" is often used for simplicity's sake, but it's actually Bardage that's meant when you want to clad an exterior wall, while panelling is reserved for interior walls and ceilings. 

 

When to use and when not to use cladding in the home?

The decision to integrate exterior cladding into a house or other architectural project depends on two things: do we want to paint, or do we want something with texture, a variety of colors and visual play? Is the area concerned interior or exterior?

Cladding is mainly used to cover the following areas:

• the façade of your house or building,
• the facade or edge of your terrace,
• other exterior walls or low walls.

 

There are interior spaces in the house that can only be painted or panelled:

• corridors,
• the sides of the entrance walls,
• garage walls,
• walls of service rooms,
• some bedroom walls,
• the kitchen,
• bathrooms,
• a wall in the dining room or living room,
• the visual crowning glory of the fireplace,
• the main wall of the rooms,
• the side wall of a staircase.