What is EQUITONE cladding?
EQUITONE [natura] is a through-coloured cladding panel with a clearly visible yet subtle fibre cement matrix. Natura’s tactile and smooth surface allows the natural texture of the fibre cement finish to be seen through the semi-translucent coating.
What is Equitone made of?
About EQUITONE Fibre cement is a cement composite material that consists of cement, cellulose and mineral materials, reinforced by a visible matrix.
How do you clean Equitone panels?
CLEANING. There are two methods of cleaning façades, mechanical cleaning and chemical cleaning. In principle, perform the cleaning of the facade over the entire surface, because partial cleaning can result in colour tone differences. Normal stains can be removed with a sponge and water.
Where is Equitone manufactured?
Manufactured in Germany and Belgium, EQUITONE® fibre cement facade materials are through-colored, textured sheets of cement, cellulose and other mineral materials. They come in a maximum sheet size of 4′ x 10′.
What is Equitone?
EQUITONE is a through-colored facade material designed by and for architects. Our company has produced facade panels since the 1950’s. Every EQUITONE panel is unique, showing the raw, untreated texture of the fibre cement base material.
What is Fibre cement used for?
It can be used to cover the exterior of a house and also as a substitute for timber fascias and barge boards in areas that are subject to high fire danger. As well as cladding, fibre cement is also commonly used as a tile underlay on decks and in bathrooms and also for soffit/eave linings.
Can you paint Equitone panels?
Any fading of the panel will be minimal and natural similar to masonry, and, with the advantage of our through-colored options, paint touch-ups are unnecessary.
Can Equitone be curved?
Curved walls EQUITONE panels are flat. However it is possible to ease them around a curved facade. The minimum radius that an 8mm EQUITONE panel can be UNI-rivet or UNI-screw fixed to a curving facade is 12.0m.
Is Equitone waterproof?
EQUITONE [materia] is a through-coloured natural fibre cement panel without coating or hydrophobation. The mechanical treated surface results in a rough texture. The finished panel is weatherproof.
Where can Equitone be used?
EQUITONE can be used as a Brise Soleil, shutter or architectural feature of a building. To be installed both horizontally and vertically. The Brise Soliel or shutter gives the feature of a continuous façade and can also be perforated if required to give a unique visual aspect to the façade.
What kind of material is equitone cladding made of?
Fibre cement is a cement composite material that consists of cement, cellulose and mineral materials, reinforced by a visible matrix. Nothing else. EQUITONE panels are flat. However it is possible to ease them around a curved facade. Note that the orientation of the panel is also critical.
How does equitone work as a facade material?
EQUITONE [linea] is a unique 3D shaped, through-coloured facade material that plays with light and shadow. EQUITONE [linea] displays a linear texture that highlights the raw inner texture of the core fibre cement material. Every moment of the day, the changing angle of the daylight gives the facade material a different aspect.
Where do they make the equitone cement panels?
Today, EQUITONE is manufactured in state-of-the-art facilities in Germany and Belgium. This guide illustrates that installation of the EQUITONE range of fi bre cement panels is relatively
Why are equitone panels used in rainscreen cladding?
When used as part of a ventilated rainscreen cladding system or rear-ventilated curtain wall facade, EQUITONE panels allow air to circulate behind the cladding, keeping moisture, mold, heat, and frost away from the building.