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Popular for their versatility, color spectrum, and design-ability, aluminum rainscreen panels offer the building exterior a host of design options. NVLP Materials represents two aluminum panel manufacturers: aPlank for extruded aluminum panels and Elemex for both ACM and 3mm aluminum plate rainscreen panels. aPlank’s extruded aluminum plank panel is popular for vertical walls and soffit conditions. They offer 28 different wood-look finishes as well as all solid colors. Elemex offers ACM and Aluminum Plate panels as dry-jointed, concealed fastened, factory fabricated rainscreen panels that are fully customizable.
Why Choose an Aluminum Cladding System for Your Project?
Lower dead load is why an aluminum cladding system reaches a tall elevation. Extrusions hold tight tolerances, which keeps reveals crisp across a long run. Corrosion resistance comes from the oxide layer and the applied coating together. Kynar and anodized finishes both carry long color retention warranties from the manufacturer. High recycled content helps on projects tracking embodied carbon.
Knight Wall Systems Cladding Support
Knight Wall Systems offers four engineered rainscreen cladding attachment systems including their ThermaZee system pictured here.
Hunter XCI - Continuous Insulation
Get the highest R-Value per inch and the most comprehensive NFPA 285 Testing from this manufacturer of polyiso rigid insulation.
York Flashings Through Wall Flashings
York Flashings 304 SA self-adhered 2-mil stainless steel flexible flashing is the Goldilocks between rigid flashing and 40-mil rubberized asphalt flashings. Wall insurance.
Do Aluminum Panels Handle Corrosion, Weight, and Thermal Movement?
Coastal exposure, dead load, and expansion all fall within the range of an aluminum cladding system. Movement joints and clip spacing come from our exterior cladding systems, not the panel alone. Selecting compatible lines keeps the panel, girt, and barrier working together. Expansion across a long panel run needs allowance at every joint. Anodizing suits projects wanting a metallic read, while paint allows exact color matching.
Our Representative Weighs in Before You Pick a Panel
Specifying an aluminum cladding system goes better after a representative reviews the whole wall. Some elevations still favor a metal cladding system, and the comparison is worth making early. Behind the panel, load and the insulation break both run through a thermal Z-girt. Wind pressure, span, and deflection limits narrow the field before the finish enters it. Mockup requirements on public work add another filter to the shortlist. Fewer lines on a card mean faster answers and cleaner comparisons. Products reaching a recommendation have already cleared the assemblies around them.
Elemex Architectural Facade System (PERS)
Ultra Compact Sintered Stone, Aluminum Plate, and ACM rainscreen facades from Elemex all designed with Unity, their rainscreen panel mounting system.
aPlank Aluminum Extruded Cladding Solutions
aPlank’s wood-look aluminum extruded panels offer a warranted, long-term, non-combustible solution for soffits and exterior cladding with U.S. manufacturing.
VaproShield Air and Water Barriers
VaproShield’s peel and stick air & water barrier membranes are primerless, vapor permeable, and provide the right thickness every application.
Upgrade Your Exterior
Finish direction and section detail together define an aluminum cladding system. Related product families extend our building envelope systems past the panel. Clients across the state of Texas get the same early review. Start with a quote request and upgrade your exterior with aluminum.
