Rockpanel
ROCKWOOL LTD
Wern Tarw
Pencoed
Bridgend
Mid Glamorgan CF35 6NY
Tel: 01656 863210
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Suppliers of: rainscreen cladding boards rainscreen cladding, external cladding
Rockpanel - Releasing the natural power of stone
As part of the ROCKWOOL group we have one clear goal. Releasing the natural power of stone to enrich modern living. We release the natural power of stone by creating innovative facade panels, resistant to the toughest conditions and deliver an aesthetic product that provides a positive influence on our environment. We want to make stone come alive in all its surfaces. We give you the freedom to explore the boundaries of your wildest design dreams. So, if you can imagine it, you can build it.
Facades made from basalt:
The starting point of our facade panelling is the natural raw material from which it is made: basalt. This volcanic rock forms the basis of our stone wool facade panels, making our product a unique, sustainable and durable material. Naturally fire safe, our panels meet the strictest requirements for structural fire safety and offer optimum protection for people and the environment.
Naturally protected from the elements:
A ventilated facade is a facade construction with an air gap between the insulation and the facade cladding. This gap allows natural ventilation of the facade and can act as a raincoat, protecting the building from wind and rain while at the same time providing a healthy indoor climate. Ventilated facades counterbalance the effects of moisture and help stabilise temperatures both inside and outside, helping to lower energy costs in all seasons.
Benefits of Rockpanel:
- Fire Safety: A2 non-combustible: Everything you need to know about fire safe facade cladding
- Sustainability: At Rockpanel, we transform volcanic rock into facade cladding. Our products are safe and sustainable, look beautiful, and create inspiring and safe surroundings for people and communities to live, learn, work and play.
- Rockpanel - Ease of use: Using Rockpanel facade cladding boards saves you time and maintenance costs. It starts with preparing the boards for installation.
- Durability: Aesthetics, safety and durability combined: Rockpanel is ready for the future.
- Freedom of design with Rockpanel: At Rockpanel, the ethos of design freedom is at the heart of our product. To offer you a material that inspires you to bring your cladding design to a new level and deliver a true reflection of your creative vision- helping you to reimagine architecture.
Main Product Ranges:
Rockpanel Design facades -Explore shapes and colours freely
In the Rockpanel Design facade segment you find products which can give your project any possible shape and colour combination. With an extended colour scheme and easy to bend boards you can give each building an expressive character and its own, unique identity.
- Rockpanel Colours: Imagine the freedom of choosing any colour you like from an artist’s palette and then painting your building in the perfect tone of your choice. That’s the choice you have with the Rockpanel Colours range.
- Rockpanel Metals: The age of the industrial revolution is long gone, but the style still remains. More popular than ever, even residential buildings are opting for this hard working industrial look. Give your building extra shine and lustre with the contemporary and industrial finish of Rockpanel Metals. View product
- Rockpanel Chameleon: Take a look from ever angle, it’s never the same twice – that’s the power of the ever changing Rockpanel Chameleon cladding board. Affected by natural light or artistic spots and the angle and height viewed – your vision becomes an eye catcher, ever changing and always inspiring.
Nature Facades - Play around with natural surfaces & designs
With the products in the Rockpanel Nature Segment you can perfectly implement the organic aspect of nature in your creation. As a result, your building will become one with its surrounding.
- Rockpanel Woods: Wood has been used for millennia to create beautiful buildings, but those with a wooden façade need regular maintenance and have a limited life before the costly expense of removal and renewal. Then stone came along, but it lacked the natural warmth that only wood could achieve. That is until Rockpanel Woods was invented. Through an innovative process the boards are almost perfect replicas of wood, with all of the long lasting benefits inherent in a stone façade. Simply put, the best of both worlds.
- Rockpanel Stones: Since visionary architecture has always disregarded limitations – why not challenge nature itself? With Rockpanel Stones, gravity appears to have been outsmarted. Let yourself be inspired by the astonishing characteristics of this natural material and incorporate the impressive versatility of Rockpanel Stones in your creative planning.
Rockpanel Premium Facades - Make a unique statement
With Rockpanel Premium you can create impressive facades, which are unique and representative. If you don’t want to compromise on the design and detail of your project, Rockpanel premium facades are the right choice for you. Find the right facade solutions – without limits.
- Rockpanel Premium: Impressively transform buildings into representative symbols that visually express the success of your business. The best materials, open-ended design solutions as well as customised formats and dimensions give your building project an absolute premium look. Naturally, they always meet the particularly high requirements for fire protection A2-s1,d0.
Further Technical information is available to download from the BPi PDF library or from the manufacturers own web site.
Rockpanel Metals for a clean, industrial look
Aluminium facade cladding: what are the options?
Metal facade cladding definitely belongs to the top materials in modern architecture. A facade with an aluminium look gives any building a sleek industrial look. Some of the most well-known types of metal facade cladding are copper, aluminium, stainless steel and zinc. Aluminium Composite Panels (ACPs), also known as sandwich panels, are also used quite often. But what’s the best solution if you’re looking for metal façade cladding?
Aluminium facade cladding: what are the options?
Metal facade cladding can be roughly divided into two categories. First of all, you have facade boards of pure aluminium, zinc, copper or stainless steel. These are light, pliable and easy to install. Unfortunately, they’re also relatively expensive and vulnerable to dents. Next to that, within some combinations corrosion may occur. For copper and zinc cladding, another issue is the potential danger for the environment when they come in contact with rain water.
Another type of metal facade cladding are composite panels, also known as sandwich panels. Aluminium Composite Panels (ACPs), for example, consist of two thin coil-coated aluminium sheets, bonded to core of other material. In many cases, plastics are used here, giving these panels a poor reaction to fire.
Fire-resilient and sustainable alternative to metal facade cladding
Are you looking to create a beautiful, sleek metallic look for your building with fire safety and environmental aspects an important deciding factor. Then Rockpanel Metals is just what you need! Rockpanel facade boards are a natural product: they are made of compressed stone fibres, making them durable, robust and yet very light. The Rockpanel Metals range consists of multiple colours, which allows you to always create the perfect aluminium look you have in mind.
Facade cladding with aluminium look or metallic details
Do you only want to give a part of your building an aluminium effect? You can perfectly combine Rockpanel boards from the various product lines. This way, you can create the exact unique look you want. Want something truly unique: you may even want to create an aluminium facade with an engraved piece of art?
Is the colour or design of your choice not in our standard assortment? Do not hesitate to get in touch! We’d be happy to discuss the possibilities for a custom design.
Request your free sample
Not yet completely convinced? Or are you not sure which of our 200+ colours and designs would be the best fit for your design? Feel free to request a free product sample and experience Rockpanel yourself.
Rockpanel - All advantages of a ventilated facade construction
Rockpanel exterior cladding fits perfectly into your ventilated facade construction. But what is a ventilated facade exactly? The concept of a ventilated facade was created in Norway. The technique of building exterior timber clad walls with openings on the top and bottom for water drainage was first used on storage barns. Scientific research later showed that a ventilated facade has a lot of advantages.
What is a ventilated facade (rainscreen cladding)?
A ventilated facade is a facade construction with an air gap between the insulation and the facade cladding. This gap is open at the top and bottom. This creates a way for natural ventilation of the facade.
A ventilated facade can be viewed as a raincoat: it protects a building against the weather, while at the same time creating a healthy indoor climate. This is why the building technique of ventilated facades is often referred to as rainscreen cladding.
Why should I opt for a ventilated facade?
Scientific research shows that a ventilated facade has multiple benefits compared to other building techniques. When a brick or concrete wall is exposed to continuous rain, it can act as a sponge, due to the porous nature of the materials. Ventilated facades, however, allow for the water to be drained in the cavity and any other humidity to evaporate through the air gap. The facade may get wet in the cavity because of the open joints, but this moisture will evaporate quickly thanks to the ventilation flow within the air cavity.
Ventilated facade constructions & indoor climate
Using a ventilate facade construction helps creating a healthy indoor climate. How does this work? A ventilated facade reduces the direct solar impact on the building and the walls do not heat up as much as other constructions during Summer, thanks to the constant air flow in the cavity which is constantly cooling the construction. With a well-designed and well-constructed facade, negative effects of condensation can be prevented, because water will dry out or leak out. Algae and moisture problems do not occur and mould cannot grow because the facade is ‘self-breathing’.
Request your free sample
Not yet completely convinced? Or are you not sure which of our 200+ colours and designs would be the best fit for your design? Feel free to request a free product sample and experience Rockpanel yourself.
