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News Release from: Marley Eternit | Subject: Fibre cement rainscreen cladding
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 October 2006
Marley Eternit fibre cement rainscreen
cladding
Two colours of fibre cement rainscreen cladding from Marley Eternit have helped bring a 'nondescript' office block into the 21st century.
Two colours of fibre cement rainscreen cladding from Marley Eternit have helped bring a "nondescript" office block into the 21st century Glasal panels in Lily White and blue have been used to differentiate the horizontal from the vertical elements of Eastern House on Eastern Road, Romford, Essex - home of Mullis and Peake Solicitors
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 15 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Developers Rainham Securities 's brief was to retain the envelope of the five-storey, concrete-framed building but to bring it into the 21st Century and this was done by using Marley Eternit panels to give it a fresh appearance.
The white Glasal panels have been used to overclad brickwork on horizontal elements of the top four storeys while the blue panels feature horizontally on the ground floor and vertically on the facade and soffits of a new-look reception area.
The 7.5mm panels were secret fixed to timber battens using structural adhesives by PanelTec to emphasise the crisp appearance of the 1,800m2 offices that incorporate a drive-through to a rear car park.
Rainham Securities' architect is a frequent user of Marley Eternit products, including the company's fibre cement profiled sheeting for agricultural buildings, but had previous used the Glasal panels for a large local authority housing project.
"It seemed to be a very good all-weather panel," he said.
"Eastern House was a very nondescript, plain building so I created a new entrance and projected a vertical element from that to just above the roof to give it some height". Request a free brochure from Marley Eternit ...
"It would be nothing without the Glasal panels but it now looks something special which was appropriate for the new offices of a well-established firm of solicitors.".
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