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Wall cladding – How to refurbish well

Wall cladding is often the answer to problems that appear with walls – whether they are weak due to their design, damaged due to old age, or worse, there’s only one solution that doesn’t involve knocking down walls, or the whole building.

Wall cladding provides an elegant, affordable solution, to these problems; it’s also lightweight, attractive and can be fabricated in a number of finishes, colours and textures.

Wall cladding at its best

Wall cladding is at its best when installed with some forethought to its surroundings. It’s often good to couple wall cladding with roof cladding.  Making them match, or designing them to contemporise and stand out is the choice of the end user.  At its best, wall cladding can create an impression of space, or to create partitions and more – making it ideal to repurpose an industrial space into office space.

Wall cladding with coated steel is often a great choice for modern developments. Exterior wall cladding can be designed with more functional needs in mind for example it can form the ideal base for rainscreens to be fixed to. The cladding provides the high-end aesthetic appeal, combined with the insulation, and the rainscreen to protect the development to last its lifetime.

Building envelopes

Cladding envelopes rely on one thing – the ability to stay solid, under the pressure of weather – to do so, the metal cladding has to be of top quality, and installed to correct procedures.

Most companies test and warranty their product for up to 25 years or more – so it’s important to examine these certificates, plus any other warranties that would relate to compliance before the end user makes a choice on final materials.  There can be a sustainable warranty on metal cladding, as companies are taking sustainability – in both design and materials more seriously, creating cladding that remains attractive, and environmentally friendly for a lifetime.

Inspection and maintenance of steel roof and wall cladding systems

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Inspection and maintenance of steel roof and wall cladding systems

By: Gareth Hoyle

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How often should inspections take place?

They should be carried out periodically through the building’s lifetime. It is difficult to quantify how often as different building locations and designs will demand different levels of maintenance. It is suggested that the building be inspected after the first year of occupation to assess future maintenance requirements and the duration required between inspections.

In line with Health & Safety Executive (HSE) latest Working at Height Regulations, every effort must be made to avoid having to go on to the roof to facilitate inspections. It may be possible to inspect the roof from a cherry picker, an access hatch or with binoculars from ground level or adjacent buildings.
Build up of dirt and debris

A build-up of dirt and debris can occur on all surfaces, on all elevations and on roof cladding. Such build-up will be particularly profound at any irregularity, such as at corners, penetrations and gutters. In some environments such as industrial estates and areas close to busy roads, dirt will build up more quickly than elsewhere.

Rainfall will have a degree of washing effect. However, any area of the building sheltered from rain, for example the top of roller doors or overhanging eaves, will not benefit from this natural cleaning effect.

Cleaning

Large quantities of debris can also lead to the overflowing or ponding of water, particularly in guttering, which may also lead to corrosion. To avoid this, debris should be swept into a pile, using a stiff, soft-bristled brush and removed. Shovels or hard tools should be avoided. All dirty areas should then be washed down using clean water. Do not use salt water or high pressure jets with a hose. If necessary use a recommended cleaning product, or a 10% solution of a good household or industrial detergent, before applying a final hose down with clean water. A soft-bristled brush can be used for particularly stubborn deposits.

Oil can be removed by wiping the area with white spirit before cleaning and rinsing as for general dirt and debris.

In some areas birds can be a nuisance. A build-up of bird droppings can occur on roofs and this may significantly alter the pH of the surface water run-off. Buildings used as communal roosts, where an excessive build-up of bird droppings is possible, should be regularly monitored and cleaned down.

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