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When architects and builders recommend a cladding product, they frequently use traditional materials, including timber, brick and metal composites. However, after witnessing the growing demand for sliding aluminium windows, aluminium cladding has risen in popularity and stands out among conventional cladding varieties for its aesthetic and functional benefits. 

A strong yet lightweight metal with many different colours, textures, styles and finish options, aluminium cladding, delivers a long-lasting façade that meets the design brief with aesthetics and compliance. Here are a few impactful aluminium cladding benefits and why it is a suitable choice as a facade material.

Anti-corrosiveness

Aluminium façade cladding and sliding windows are preferred over other metals as they are exceptionally corrosion-resistant. In its natural state, aluminium does not rust like iron or steel. Its natural oxide layer resists corrosion. Once anodised, it will never rust or weather, which makes it an attractive choice for cladding buildings. There is also no risk of fading or chalking.

Light Weightedness

An overriding reason for aluminium cladding on buildings is that it’s considerably lighter. As a result, it has several key advantages, including reduced transport costs to the site. In addition, since aluminium doors and windows are lightweight, more load can be transferred in fewer trips, which adds to the sustainability factor.  

Its lightness makes the material easier to work with and mount onto a building façade. As a result, aluminium doors and windows have an excellent strength-to-weight ratio with several added benefits. One of the main advantages is that aluminium façade attachment systems can be less bulky than those needed for steel panels. In addition, a minimal support structure for aluminium panels reduces costs. In contrast, using other metals for facade cladding requires a more significant investment, consequently requiring a more robust support structure to hold the meetings, increasing the cost.

Ease of Availability

Performing effectively in all weather conditions, whether aluminium doors and windows or aluminium cladding, the material is being used for projects across India. These panels offer advantages over traditional materials, making complex designs easier to achieve and seamless installation. Therefore, ease of availability plays a critical role during selection. A procurement specialist should always consider these two concerns – material availability and time required to procure.

Suppose the specified material is available in the local market. In that case, the procurement specialist should reserve the material by issuing a local purchase order as mutually agreed by the seller and the specialist.

Recyclability

One of the key advantages of aluminium is repetitive recycling through simple re-melting with minimal loss on each cycle. In addition, recycling requires only 5% of the energy needed to produce primary aluminium. This is a significant contribution to environmental sustainability.

Aesthetics

Sliding aluminium windows and aluminium façade cladding is a sight to behold. In the future, many building facades will be clad with metallic aluminium panels constantly interacting with the changing natural light. Aluminium can also be coloured, and various visual effects can be achieved, such as perforating the material or 3D textures. The process used to achieve these aesthetic finishes often differs from other materials. Raw aluminium is pulled through a series of tanks that clean, anodise, colour, and seal the material in one continuous movement. This more controlled process results in greater colour consistency and surface homogeneity.

With the numerous advantages of aluminium panels and doors and windows, it’s no surprise they’re an ideal choice for the design, architecture and construction industry. Strength, durability and machinability are hallmark benefits of aluminium cladding that make fabrication and installation significantly easier and hence desirable by professionals.